Sidiz.Inc. (KRX:134790) Surges 32% Yet Its Low P/S Is No Reason For Excitement

Sidiz.Inc. (KRX:134790) shares have continued their recent momentum with a 32% gain in the last month alone. The last 30 days bring the annual gain to a very sharp 25%.

In spite of the firm bounce in price, considering around half the companies operating in Korea's Commercial Services industry have price-to-sales ratios (or "P/S") above 1.1x, you may still consider Sidiz.Inc as an solid investment opportunity with its 0.3x P/S ratio. However, the P/S might be low for a reason and it requires further investigation to determine if it's justified.

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What Does Sidiz.Inc's P/S Mean For Shareholders?

Revenue has risen at a steady rate over the last year for Sidiz.Inc, which is generally not a bad outcome. It might be that many expect the respectable revenue performance to degrade, which has repressed the P/S. If that doesn't eventuate, then existing shareholders may have reason to be optimistic about the future direction of the share price.

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How Is Sidiz.Inc's Revenue Growth Trending?

Sidiz.Inc's P/S ratio would be typical for a company that's only expected to deliver limited growth, and importantly, perform worse than the industry.

Taking a look back first, we see that the company managed to grow revenues by a handy 4.1% last year. Still, lamentably revenue has fallen 19% in aggregate from three years ago, which is disappointing. So unfortunately, we have to acknowledge that the company has not done a great job of growing revenue over that time.

In contrast to the company, the rest of the industry is expected to grow by 11% over the next year, which really puts the company's recent medium-term revenue decline into perspective.

In light of this, it's understandable that Sidiz.Inc's P/S would sit below the majority of other companies. Nonetheless, there's no guarantee the P/S has reached a floor yet with revenue going in reverse. Even just maintaining these prices could be difficult to achieve as recent revenue trends are already weighing down the shares.

What Does Sidiz.Inc's P/S Mean For Investors?

Sidiz.Inc's stock price has surged recently, but its but its P/S still remains modest. 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.

As we suspected, our examination of Sidiz.Inc revealed its shrinking revenue over the medium-term is contributing to its low P/S, given the industry is set to grow. At this stage investors feel the potential for an improvement in revenue isn't great enough to justify a higher P/S ratio. Given the current circumstances, it seems unlikely that the share price will experience any significant movement in either direction in the near future if recent medium-term revenue trends persist.

We don't want to rain on the parade too much, but we did also find 3 warning signs for Sidiz.Inc (1 is potentially serious!) that you need to be mindful of.

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