Teijin Limited's (TSE:3401) Share Price Matching Investor Opinion

There wouldn't be many who think Teijin Limited's (TSE:3401) price-to-sales (or "P/S") ratio of 0.3x is worth a mention when the median P/S for the Chemicals industry in Japan is similar at about 0.6x. Although, it's not wise to simply ignore the P/S without explanation as investors may be disregarding a distinct opportunity or a costly mistake.

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How Has Teijin Performed Recently?

Recent times have been pleasing for Teijin as its revenue has risen in spite of the industry's average revenue going into reverse. Perhaps the market is expecting its current strong performance to taper off in accordance to the rest of the industry, which has kept the P/S contained. If you like the company, you'd be hoping this isn't the case so that you could potentially pick up some stock while it's not quite in favour.

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

How Is Teijin's Revenue Growth Trending?

There's an inherent assumption that a company should be matching the industry for P/S ratios like Teijin's to be considered reasonable.

Retrospectively, the last year delivered virtually the same number to the company's top line as the year before. Fortunately, a few good years before that means that it was still able to grow revenue by 24% in total over the last three years. So it appears to us that the company has had a mixed result in terms of growing revenue over that time.

Turning to the outlook, the next three years should generate growth of 4.3% each year as estimated by the five analysts watching the company. That's shaping up to be similar to the 5.7% each year growth forecast for the broader industry.

With this in mind, it makes sense that Teijin's P/S is closely matching its industry peers. Apparently shareholders are comfortable to simply hold on while the company is keeping a low profile.

What Does Teijin's 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.

Our look at Teijin's revenue growth estimates show that its P/S is about what we expect, as both metrics follow closely with the industry averages. 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. If all things remain constant, the possibility of a drastic share price movement remains fairly remote.

You should always think about risks. Case in point, we've spotted 2 warning signs for Teijin you should be aware of.

If strong companies turning a profit tickle your fancy, then you'll want to check out this free list of interesting companies that trade on a low P/E (but have proven they can grow earnings).

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