Subdued Growth No Barrier To Tuksu Engineering & Construction,Ltd. (KOSDAQ:026150) With Shares Advancing 25%

Tuksu Engineering & Construction,Ltd. (KOSDAQ:026150) shareholders would be excited to see that the share price has had a great month, posting a 25% gain and recovering from prior weakness. Taking a wider view, although not as strong as the last month, the full year gain of 12% is also fairly reasonable.

Although its price has surged higher, it's still not a stretch to say that Tuksu Engineering & ConstructionLtd's price-to-sales (or "P/S") ratio of 0.7x right now seems quite "middle-of-the-road" compared to the Construction industry in Korea, where the median P/S ratio is around 0.2x. While this might not raise any eyebrows, if the P/S ratio is not justified investors could be missing out on a potential opportunity or ignoring looming disappointment.

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What Does Tuksu Engineering & ConstructionLtd's P/S Mean For Shareholders?

For example, consider that Tuksu Engineering & ConstructionLtd's financial performance has been poor lately as its revenue has been in decline. Perhaps investors believe the recent revenue performance is enough to keep in line with the industry, which is keeping the P/S from dropping off. If you like the company, you'd at least be hoping this is the case so that you could potentially pick up some stock while it's not quite in favour.

Although there are no analyst estimates available for Tuksu Engineering & ConstructionLtd, take a look at this free data-rich visualisation to see how the company stacks up on earnings, revenue and cash flow.

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

The only time you'd be comfortable seeing a P/S like Tuksu Engineering & ConstructionLtd's is when the company's growth is tracking the industry closely.

Retrospectively, the last year delivered a frustrating 8.7% decrease to the company's top line. This means it has also seen a slide in revenue over the longer-term as revenue is down 8.4% in total over the last three years. Therefore, it's fair to say the revenue growth recently has been undesirable for the company.

In contrast to the company, the rest of the industry is expected to grow by 0.4% over the next year, which really puts the company's recent medium-term revenue decline into perspective.

With this in mind, we find it worrying that Tuksu Engineering & ConstructionLtd's P/S exceeds that of its industry peers. Apparently many investors in the company are way less bearish than recent times would indicate and aren't willing to let go of their stock right now. Only the boldest would assume these prices are sustainable as a continuation of recent revenue trends is likely to weigh on the share price eventually.

The Key Takeaway

Tuksu Engineering & ConstructionLtd's stock has a lot of momentum behind it lately, which has brought its P/S level with the rest of the industry. 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 find it unexpected that Tuksu Engineering & ConstructionLtd trades at a P/S ratio that is comparable to the rest of the industry, despite experiencing declining revenues during the medium-term, while the industry as a whole is expected to grow. Even though it matches the industry, we're uncomfortable with the current P/S ratio, as this dismal revenue performance is unlikely to support a more positive sentiment for long. Unless the recent medium-term conditions improve markedly, investors will have a hard time accepting the share price as fair value.

It is also worth noting that we have found 2 warning signs for Tuksu Engineering & ConstructionLtd (1 is a bit unpleasant!) that you need to take into consideration.

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