Optimistic Investors Push CROWNHAITAI Holdings Co.,Ltd. (KRX:005740) Shares Up 31% But Growth Is Lacking

CROWNHAITAI Holdings Co.,Ltd. (KRX:005740) shareholders have had their patience rewarded with a 31% share price jump in the last month. Looking back a bit further, it's encouraging to see the stock is up 25% in the last year.

In spite of the firm bounce in price, it's still not a stretch to say that CROWNHAITAI HoldingsLtd's price-to-sales (or "P/S") ratio of 0.1x right now seems quite "middle-of-the-road" compared to the Food industry in Korea, where the median P/S ratio is around 0.3x. 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.

See our latest analysis for CROWNHAITAI HoldingsLtd

What Does CROWNHAITAI HoldingsLtd's Recent Performance Look Like?

The recent revenue growth at CROWNHAITAI HoldingsLtd would have to be considered satisfactory if not spectacular. One possibility is that the P/S is moderate because investors think this good revenue growth might only be parallel to the broader industry in the near future. 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.

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 CROWNHAITAI HoldingsLtd's earnings, revenue and cash flow.

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

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

Retrospectively, the last year delivered a decent 5.2% gain to the company's revenues. Revenue has also lifted 13% in aggregate from three years ago, partly thanks to the last 12 months of growth. Accordingly, shareholders would have probably been satisfied with the medium-term rates of revenue growth.

This is in contrast to the rest of the industry, which is expected to grow by 8.9% over the next year, materially higher than the company's recent medium-term annualised growth rates.

With this in mind, we find it intriguing that CROWNHAITAI HoldingsLtd's P/S is comparable to that of its industry peers. It seems most investors are ignoring the fairly limited recent growth rates and are willing to pay up for exposure to the stock. Maintaining these prices will be difficult to achieve as a continuation of recent revenue trends is likely to weigh down the shares eventually.

What We Can Learn From CROWNHAITAI HoldingsLtd's P/S?

CROWNHAITAI HoldingsLtd appears to be back in favour with a solid price jump bringing its P/S back in line with other companies in the industry 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've established that CROWNHAITAI HoldingsLtd's average P/S is a bit surprising since its recent three-year growth is lower than the wider industry forecast. When we see weak revenue with slower than industry growth, we suspect the share price is at risk of declining, bringing the P/S back in line with expectations. Unless there is a significant improvement in the company's medium-term performance, it will be difficult to prevent the P/S ratio from declining to a more reasonable level.

It is also worth noting that we have found 4 warning signs for CROWNHAITAI HoldingsLtd that you need to take into consideration.

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