Market Still Lacking Some Conviction On SGA Solutions Co.,Ltd. (KOSDAQ:184230)

When close to half the companies operating in the Software industry in Korea have price-to-sales ratios (or "P/S") above 2x, you may consider SGA Solutions Co.,Ltd. (KOSDAQ:184230) as an attractive investment with its 0.9x P/S ratio. Nonetheless, we'd need to dig a little deeper to determine if there is a rational basis for the reduced P/S.

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What Does SGA SolutionsLtd's Recent Performance Look Like?

For instance, SGA SolutionsLtd's receding revenue in recent times would have to be some food for thought. One possibility is that the P/S is low because investors think the company won't do enough to avoid underperforming the broader industry in the near future. However, if this doesn't eventuate then existing shareholders may be feeling optimistic about the future direction of the share price.

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

How Is SGA SolutionsLtd's Revenue Growth Trending?

There's an inherent assumption that a company should underperform the industry for P/S ratios like SGA SolutionsLtd's to be considered reasonable.

Retrospectively, the last year delivered a frustrating 6.2% decrease to the company's top line. Still, the latest three year period has seen an excellent 95% overall rise in revenue, in spite of its unsatisfying short-term performance. Accordingly, while they would have preferred to keep the run going, shareholders would definitely welcome the medium-term rates of revenue growth.

Comparing that to the industry, which is only predicted to deliver 13% growth in the next 12 months, the company's momentum is stronger based on recent medium-term annualised revenue results.

With this in mind, we find it intriguing that SGA SolutionsLtd's P/S isn't as high compared to that of its industry peers. Apparently some shareholders believe the recent performance has exceeded its limits and have been accepting significantly lower selling prices.

The Final Word

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're very surprised to see SGA SolutionsLtd currently trading on a much lower than expected P/S since its recent three-year growth is higher than the wider industry forecast. When we see strong revenue with faster-than-industry growth, we assume there are some significant underlying risks to the company's ability to make money which is applying downwards pressure on the P/S ratio. At least price risks look to be very low if recent medium-term revenue trends continue, but investors seem to think future revenue could see a lot of volatility.

Don't forget that there may be other risks. For instance, we've identified 1 warning sign for SGA SolutionsLtd that you should be aware of.

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