Investors Continue Waiting On Sidelines For Mcnulty Korea Co., Ltd. (KOSDAQ:222980)

With a median price-to-sales (or "P/S") ratio of close to 0.3x in the Food industry in Korea, you could be forgiven for feeling indifferent about Mcnulty Korea Co., Ltd.'s (KOSDAQ:222980) P/S ratio of 0.6x. 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 Mcnulty Korea's P/S Mean For Shareholders?

Mcnulty Korea has been doing a good job lately as it's been growing revenue at a solid pace. It might be that many expect the respectable revenue performance to wane, which has kept the P/S from rising. If that doesn't eventuate, then existing shareholders probably aren't too pessimistic about the future direction of the share price.

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How Is Mcnulty Korea's Revenue Growth Trending?

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

If we review the last year of revenue growth, the company posted a terrific increase of 16%. The strong recent performance means it was also able to grow revenue by 58% in total over the last three years. So we can start by confirming that the company has done a great job of growing revenue over that time.

This is in contrast to the rest of the industry, which is expected to grow by 6.5% over the next year, materially lower than the company's recent medium-term annualised growth rates.

With this information, we find it interesting that Mcnulty Korea is trading at a fairly similar P/S compared to the industry. Apparently some shareholders believe the recent performance is at its limits and have been accepting lower selling prices.

The Key Takeaway

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.

We didn't quite envision Mcnulty Korea's P/S sitting in line with the wider industry, considering the revenue growth over the last three-year is higher than the current industry outlook. It'd be fair to assume that potential risks the company faces could be the contributing factor to the lower than expected P/S. At least the risk of a price drop looks to be subdued if recent medium-term revenue trends continue, but investors seem to think future revenue could see some volatility.

Plus, you should also learn about these 2 warning signs we've spotted with Mcnulty Korea (including 1 which is significant).

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