Akshar Spintex Limited's (NSE:AKSHAR) Prospects Need A Boost To Lift Shares

Akshar Spintex Limited's (NSE:AKSHAR) price-to-sales (or "P/S") ratio of 0.4x might make it look like a buy right now compared to the Luxury industry in India, where around half of the companies have P/S ratios above 0.9x and even P/S above 3x are quite common. Although, it's not wise to just take the P/S at face value as there may be an explanation why it's limited.

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What Does Akshar Spintex's P/S Mean For Shareholders?

For instance, Akshar Spintex's receding revenue in recent times would have to be some food for thought. It might be that many expect the disappointing revenue performance to continue or accelerate, which has repressed the P/S. Those who are bullish on Akshar Spintex will be hoping that this isn't the case so that they can pick up the stock at a lower valuation.

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How Is Akshar Spintex's Revenue Growth Trending?

In order to justify its P/S ratio, Akshar Spintex would need to produce sluggish growth that's trailing the industry.

Taking a look back first, the company's revenue growth last year wasn't something to get excited about as it posted a disappointing decline of 19%. The last three years don't look nice either as the company has shrunk revenue by 16% in aggregate. Accordingly, shareholders would have felt downbeat about the medium-term rates of revenue growth.

Weighing that medium-term revenue trajectory against the broader industry's one-year forecast for expansion of 88% shows it's an unpleasant look.

With this in mind, we understand why Akshar Spintex's P/S is lower than most of its industry peers. However, we think shrinking revenues are unlikely to lead to a stable P/S over the longer term, which could set up shareholders for future disappointment. Even just maintaining these prices could be difficult to achieve as recent revenue trends are already weighing down the shares.

What We Can Learn From Akshar Spintex's P/S?

Typically, we'd caution against reading too much into price-to-sales ratios when settling on investment decisions, though it can reveal plenty about what other market participants think about the company.

As we suspected, our examination of Akshar Spintex revealed its shrinking revenue over the medium-term is contributing to its low P/S, given the industry is set to grow. Right now shareholders are accepting the low P/S as they concede future revenue probably won't provide any pleasant surprises either. Given the current circumstances, it seems unlikely that the share price will experience any significant movement in either direction in the near future if recent medium-term revenue trends persist.

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