Investors Continue Waiting On Sidelines For TCS Group Holdings Berhad (KLSE:TCS)

When close to half the companies operating in the Consumer Durables industry in Malaysia have price-to-sales ratios (or "P/S") above 1.1x, you may consider TCS Group Holdings Berhad (KLSE:TCS) as an attractive investment with its 0.2x P/S ratio. Although, it's not wise to just take the P/S at face value as there may be an explanation why it's limited.

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How Has TCS Group Holdings Berhad Performed Recently?

The revenue growth achieved at TCS Group Holdings Berhad over the last year would be more than acceptable for most companies. Perhaps the market is expecting this acceptable revenue performance to take a dive, which has kept the P/S suppressed. If that doesn't eventuate, then existing shareholders have reason to be optimistic about the future direction of the share price.

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Is There Any Revenue Growth Forecasted For TCS Group Holdings Berhad?

The only time you'd be truly comfortable seeing a P/S as low as TCS Group Holdings Berhad's is when the company's growth is on track to lag the industry.

Retrospectively, the last year delivered an exceptional 26% gain to the company's top line. The latest three year period has also seen an excellent 75% overall rise in revenue, aided by its short-term performance. So we can start by confirming that the company has done a great job of growing revenue over that time.

It's interesting to note that the rest of the industry is similarly expected to grow by 21% over the next year, which is fairly even with the company's recent medium-term annualised growth rates.

With this in consideration, we find it intriguing that TCS Group Holdings Berhad's P/S falls short of its industry peers. It may be that most investors are not convinced the company can maintain recent growth rates.

The Final Word

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.

Our examination of TCS Group Holdings Berhad revealed its three-year revenue trends looking similar to current industry expectations hasn't given the P/S the boost we expected, given that it's lower than the wider industry P/S, There could be some unobserved threats to revenue preventing the P/S ratio from matching the company's performance. While recent

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