Little Excitement Around CU-Tech Corporation's (KOSDAQ:376290) Revenues

When close to half the companies operating in the Electronic industry in Korea have price-to-sales ratios (or "P/S") above 1.1x, you may consider CU-Tech Corporation (KOSDAQ:376290) as an attractive investment with its 0.4x P/S ratio. However, the P/S might be low for a reason and it requires further investigation to determine if it's justified.

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What Does CU-Tech's P/S Mean For Shareholders?

For example, consider that CU-Tech's financial performance has been poor lately as its revenue has been in decline. Perhaps the market believes the recent revenue performance isn't good enough to keep up the industry, causing the P/S ratio to suffer. Those who are bullish on CU-Tech 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 Any Revenue Growth Forecasted For CU-Tech?

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

In reviewing the last year of financials, we were disheartened to see the company's revenues fell to the tune of 20%. The last three years don't look nice either as the company has shrunk revenue by 23% in aggregate. Accordingly, shareholders would have felt downbeat about the medium-term rates of revenue growth.

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

In light of this, it's understandable that CU-Tech's P/S would sit below the majority of other companies. Nonetheless, there's no guarantee the P/S has reached a floor yet with revenue going in reverse. There's potential for the P/S to fall to even lower levels if the company doesn't improve its top-line growth.

What We Can Learn From CU-Tech's P/S?

Generally, our preference is to limit the use of the price-to-sales ratio to establishing what the market thinks about the overall health of a company.

It's no surprise that CU-Tech maintains its low P/S off the back of its sliding revenue over the medium-term. At this stage investors feel the potential for an improvement in revenue isn't great enough to justify a higher P/S ratio. Unless the recent medium-term conditions improve, they will continue to form a barrier for the share price around these levels.

Having said that, be aware CU-Tech is showing 3 warning signs in our investment analysis, and 1 of those shouldn't be ignored.

If strong companies turning a profit tickle your fancy, then you'll want to check out this free list of interesting companies that trade on a low P/E (but have proven they can grow earnings).

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