Investors Still Waiting For A Pull Back In Neosperience S.p.A. (BIT:NSP)

There wouldn't be many who think Neosperience S.p.A.'s (BIT:NSP) price-to-sales (or "P/S") ratio of 0.9x is worth a mention when the median P/S for the Software industry in Italy is similar at about 1.2x. However, investors might be overlooking a clear opportunity or potential setback if there is no rational basis for the P/S.

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What Does Neosperience's P/S Mean For Shareholders?

Neosperience could be doing better as it's been growing revenue less than most other companies lately. It might be that many expect the uninspiring revenue performance to strengthen positively, which has kept the P/S ratio from falling. If not, then existing shareholders may be a little nervous about the viability of the share price.

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How Is Neosperience's Revenue Growth Trending?

In order to justify its P/S ratio, Neosperience would need to produce growth that's similar to the industry.

If we review the last year of revenue growth, the company posted a worthy increase of 5.1%. Pleasingly, revenue has also lifted 37% in aggregate from three years ago, partly thanks to the last 12 months of growth. Accordingly, shareholders would have definitely welcomed those medium-term rates of revenue growth.

Shifting to the future, estimates from the two analysts covering the company suggest revenue should grow by 9.7% per annum over the next three years. That's shaping up to be similar to the 11% per annum growth forecast for the broader industry.

In light of this, it's understandable that Neosperience's P/S sits in line with the majority of other companies. It seems most investors are expecting to see average future growth and are only willing to pay a moderate amount for the stock.

What We Can Learn From Neosperience's P/S?

It's argued the price-to-sales ratio is an inferior measure of value within certain industries, but it can be a powerful business sentiment indicator.

A Neosperience's P/S seems about right to us given the knowledge that analysts are forecasting a revenue outlook that is similar to the Software industry. At this stage investors feel the potential for an improvement or deterioration in revenue isn't great enough to push P/S in a higher or lower direction. All things considered, if the P/S and revenue estimates contain no major shocks, then it's hard to see the share price moving strongly in either direction in the near future.

It is also worth noting that we have found 3 warning signs for Neosperience that you need to take into consideration.

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