With a median price-to-sales (or "P/S") ratio of close to 1x in the IT industry in Korea, you could be forgiven for feeling indifferent about ISAAC Engineering Co.,Ltd's (KOSDAQ:351330) P/S ratio of 0.9x. 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.
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What Does ISAAC EngineeringLtd's Recent Performance Look Like?
As an illustration, revenue has deteriorated at ISAAC EngineeringLtd over the last year, which is not ideal at all. One possibility is that the P/S is moderate because investors think the company might still do enough to be in line with the broader industry in the near future. If you like the company, you'd at least be hoping this is the case so that you could potentially pick up some stock while it's not quite in favour.
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ISAAC EngineeringLtd's P/S ratio would be typical for a company that's only expected to deliver moderate growth, and importantly, perform in line with the industry.
Retrospectively, the last year delivered a frustrating 26% decrease to the company's top line. However, a few very strong years before that means that it was still able to grow revenue by an impressive 43% in total over the last three years. Accordingly, while they would have preferred to keep the run going, shareholders would definitely welcome the medium-term rates of revenue growth.
Comparing that recent medium-term revenue trajectory with the industry's one-year growth forecast of 4.4% shows it's noticeably more attractive.
In light of this, it's curious that ISAAC EngineeringLtd's P/S sits in line with the majority of other companies. It may be that most investors are not convinced the company can maintain its recent growth rates.
What We Can Learn From ISAAC EngineeringLtd'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've established that ISAAC EngineeringLtd currently trades on a 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 can only assume potential risks are what might be placing pressure on the P/S ratio. It appears some are indeed anticipating revenue instability, because the persistence of these recent medium-term conditions would normally provide a boost to the share price.
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