Amiyaki Tei Co., Ltd.'s (TSE:2753) Earnings Haven't Escaped The Attention Of Investors

With a median price-to-sales (or "P/S") ratio of close to 0.9x in the Hospitality industry in Japan, you could be forgiven for feeling indifferent about Amiyaki Tei Co., Ltd.'s (TSE:2753) P/S ratio of 1x. 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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How Has Amiyaki Tei Performed Recently?

Recent revenue growth for Amiyaki Tei has been in line with the industry. It seems that many are expecting the mediocre revenue performance to persist, which has held the P/S ratio back. If you like the company, you'd be hoping this can at least be maintained so that you could pick up some stock while it's not quite in favour.

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Is There Some Revenue Growth Forecasted For Amiyaki Tei?

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

If we review the last year of revenue growth, the company posted a terrific increase of 18%. The latest three year period has also seen an excellent 51% overall rise in revenue, aided by its short-term performance. So we can start by confirming that the company has done a great job of growing revenue over that time.

Shifting to the future, estimates from the lone analyst covering the company suggest revenue should grow by 11% over the next year. That's shaping up to be similar to the 12% growth forecast for the broader industry.

With this in mind, it makes sense that Amiyaki Tei's P/S is closely matching its industry peers. 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 Amiyaki Tei'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.

A Amiyaki Tei's P/S seems about right to us given the knowledge that analysts are forecasting a revenue outlook that is similar to the Hospitality industry. Right now shareholders are comfortable with the P/S as they are quite confident future revenue won't throw up any surprises. If all things remain constant, the possibility of a drastic share price movement remains fairly remote.

We don't want to rain on the parade too much, but we did also find 1 warning sign for Amiyaki Tei that you need to be mindful of.

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