Cautious Investors Not Rewarding DMOA Co., Ltd's (KOSDAQ:016670) Performance Completely

It's not a stretch to say that DMOA Co., Ltd's (KOSDAQ:016670) price-to-sales (or "P/S") ratio of 0.5x right now seems quite "middle-of-the-road" for companies in the Electronic industry in Korea, where the median P/S ratio is around 1x. However, investors might be overlooking a clear opportunity or potential setback if there is no rational basis for the P/S.

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What Does DMOA's P/S Mean For Shareholders?

DMOA certainly has been doing a great job lately as it's been growing its revenue at a really rapid pace. The P/S is probably moderate because investors think this strong revenue growth might not be enough to outperform the broader industry in the near future. Those who are bullish on DMOA will be hoping that this isn't the case, so that they can pick up the stock at a lower valuation.

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Is There Some Revenue Growth Forecasted For DMOA?

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

Retrospectively, the last year delivered an exceptional 60% gain to the company's top line. The strong recent performance means it was also able to grow revenue by 82% in total over the last three years. Therefore, it's fair to say the revenue growth recently has been superb for the company.

This is in contrast to the rest of the industry, which is expected to grow by 13% over the next year, materially lower than the company's recent medium-term annualised growth rates.

With this information, we find it interesting that DMOA is trading at a fairly similar P/S compared to the industry. It may be that most investors are not convinced the company can maintain its recent growth rates.

What We Can Learn From DMOA's P/S?

Typically, we'd caution against reading too much into price-to-sales ratios when settling on investment decisions, though it can reveal plenty about what other market participants think about the company.

We didn't quite envision DMOA'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. There could be some unobserved threats to revenue preventing the P/S ratio from matching this positive performance. 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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