Investors Appear Satisfied With Galaxia Moneytree Co., Ltd.'s (KOSDAQ:094480) Prospects

When close to half the companies in the Diversified Financial industry in Korea have price-to-sales ratios (or "P/S") below 0.9x, you may consider Galaxia Moneytree Co., Ltd. (KOSDAQ:094480) as a stock to potentially avoid with its 1.8x P/S ratio. Although, it's not wise to just take the P/S at face value as there may be an explanation why it's as high as it is.

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What Does Galaxia Moneytree's P/S Mean For Shareholders?

Galaxia Moneytree has been doing a good job lately as it's been growing revenue at a solid pace. Perhaps the market is expecting this decent revenue performance to beat out the industry over the near term, which has kept the P/S propped up. If not, then existing shareholders may be a little nervous about the viability of the share price.

We don't have analyst forecasts, but you can see how recent trends are setting up the company for the future by checking out our free report on Galaxia Moneytree's earnings, revenue and cash flow.

Is There Enough Revenue Growth Forecasted For Galaxia Moneytree?

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

Retrospectively, the last year delivered a decent 12% gain to the company's revenues. This was backed up an excellent period prior to see revenue up by 60% in total over the last three years. Accordingly, shareholders would have definitely welcomed those medium-term rates of revenue growth.

In contrast to the company, the rest of the industry is expected to decline by 50% over the next year, which puts the company's recent medium-term positive growth rates in a good light for now.

In light of this, it's understandable that Galaxia Moneytree's P/S sits above the majority of other companies. Presumably shareholders aren't keen to offload something they believe will continue to outmanoeuvre the industry. However, its current revenue trajectory will be very difficult to maintain against the headwinds other companies are facing at the moment.

What We Can Learn From Galaxia Moneytree's P/S?

We'd say the price-to-sales ratio's power isn't primarily as a valuation instrument but rather to gauge current investor sentiment and future expectations.

We see that Galaxia Moneytree justifiably maintains its high P/S on the merits of its recentthree-year revenue growth beating forecasts amidst struggling industry. It could be said that investors feel this revenue growth will continue into the future, justifying a higher P/S ratio. However, it'd be fair to raise concerns over whether this level of revenue performance will continue given the harsh conditions facing the industry. Otherwise, it's hard to see the share price falling strongly in the near future if its revenue performance persists.

We don't want to rain on the parade too much, but we did also find 2 warning signs for Galaxia Moneytree that you need to be mindful of.

Of course, profitable companies with a history of great earnings growth are generally safer bets. So you may wish to see this free collection of other companies that have reasonable P/E ratios and have grown earnings strongly.

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