Revenues Tell The Story For Chalet Hotels Limited (NSE:CHALET)

When you see that almost half of the companies in the Hospitality industry in India have price-to-sales ratios (or "P/S") below 4x, Chalet Hotels Limited (NSE:CHALET) looks to be giving off strong sell signals with its 12.3x P/S ratio. Nonetheless, we'd need to dig a little deeper to determine if there is a rational basis for the highly elevated P/S.

See our latest analysis for Chalet Hotels

How Chalet Hotels Has Been Performing

Chalet Hotels could be doing better as it's been growing revenue less than most other companies lately. Perhaps the market is expecting future revenue performance to undergo a reversal of fortunes, which has elevated the P/S ratio. However, if this isn't the case, investors might get caught out paying too much for the stock.

If you'd like to see what analysts are forecasting going forward, you should check out our free report on Chalet Hotels.

What Are Revenue Growth Metrics Telling Us About The High P/S?

The only time you'd be truly comfortable seeing a P/S as steep as Chalet Hotels' is when the company's growth is on track to outshine the industry decidedly.

Retrospectively, the last year delivered an exceptional 53% gain to the company's top line. The latest three year period has also seen an excellent 98% overall rise in revenue, aided by its short-term performance. Therefore, it's fair to say the revenue growth recently has been superb for the company.

Turning to the outlook, the next year should generate growth of 30% as estimated by the analysts watching the company. With the industry only predicted to deliver 26%, the company is positioned for a stronger revenue result.

With this in mind, it's not hard to understand why Chalet Hotels' P/S is high relative to its industry peers. It seems most investors are expecting this strong future growth and are willing to pay more for the stock.

What Does Chalet Hotels' P/S Mean For Investors?

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.

We've established that Chalet Hotels maintains its high P/S on the strength of its forecasted revenue growth being higher than the the rest of the Hospitality industry, as expected. At this stage investors feel the potential for a deterioration in revenues is quite remote, justifying the elevated P/S ratio. Unless the analysts have really missed the mark, these strong revenue forecasts should keep the share price buoyant.

It is also worth noting that we have found 1 warning sign for Chalet Hotels that you need to take into consideration.

It's important to make sure you look for a great company, not just the first idea you come across. So if growing profitability aligns with your idea of a great company, take a peek at this free list of interesting companies with strong recent earnings growth (and a low P/E).

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