Market Cool On New Constructor's Network Co., Ltd.'s (TSE:7057) Revenues

With a median price-to-sales (or "P/S") ratio of close to 0.4x in the Construction industry in Japan, you could be forgiven for feeling indifferent about New Constructor's Network Co., Ltd.'s (TSE:7057) P/S ratio of 0.3x. 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 New Constructor's Network's Recent Performance Look Like?

As an illustration, revenue has deteriorated at New Constructor's Network over the last year, which is not ideal at all. It might be that many expect the company to put the disappointing revenue performance behind them over the coming period, which has kept the P/S 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 New Constructor's Network's Revenue Growth Trending?

New Constructor's Network's P/S ratio would be typical for a company that's only expected to deliver moderate growth, and importantly, perform in line with 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 13%. Regardless, revenue has managed to lift by a handy 24% in aggregate from three years ago, thanks to the earlier period of growth. So we can start by confirming that the company has generally done a good job of growing revenue over that time, even though it had some hiccups along the way.

When compared to the industry's one-year growth forecast of 4.6%, the most recent medium-term revenue trajectory is noticeably more alluring

With this information, we find it interesting that New Constructor's Network is trading at a fairly similar P/S compared to the industry. Apparently some shareholders believe the recent performance is at its limits and have been accepting lower selling prices.

The Key Takeaway

Generally, our preference is to limit the use of the price-to-sales ratio to establishing what the market thinks about the overall health of a company.

We've established that New Constructor's Network currently trades on a lower than expected P/S since its recent three-year growth is higher than the wider industry forecast. There could be some unobserved threats to revenue preventing the P/S ratio from matching this positive performance. While recent revenue trends over the past medium-term suggest that the risk of a price decline is low, investors appear to see the likelihood of revenue fluctuations in the future.

Having said that, be aware New Constructor's Network is showing 3 warning signs in our investment analysis, and 2 of those make us uncomfortable.

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