Lacklustre Performance Is Driving Cyfrowe Centrum Serwisowe Spólka Akcyjna's (WSE:CCS) Low P/S

Cyfrowe Centrum Serwisowe Spólka Akcyjna's (WSE:CCS) price-to-sales (or "P/S") ratio of 0.1x may look like a pretty appealing investment opportunity when you consider close to half the companies in the Specialty Retail industry in Poland have P/S ratios greater than 0.7x. 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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How Has Cyfrowe Centrum Serwisowe Spólka Akcyjna Performed Recently?

For example, consider that Cyfrowe Centrum Serwisowe Spólka Akcyjna's financial performance has been pretty ordinary lately as revenue growth is non-existent. It might be that many expect the uninspiring revenue performance to worsen, which has repressed the P/S. If not, then existing shareholders may be feeling optimistic about the future direction of the share price.

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How Is Cyfrowe Centrum Serwisowe Spólka Akcyjna's Revenue Growth Trending?

Cyfrowe Centrum Serwisowe Spólka Akcyjna's P/S ratio would be typical for a company that's only expected to deliver limited growth, and importantly, perform worse than the industry.

Taking a look back first, we see that there was hardly any revenue growth to speak of for the company over the past year. The lack of growth did nothing to help the company's aggregate three-year performance, which is an unsavory 44% drop in revenue. Accordingly, shareholders would have felt downbeat about the medium-term rates of revenue growth.

Weighing that medium-term revenue trajectory against the broader industry's one-year forecast for expansion of 14% shows it's an unpleasant look.

With this in mind, we understand why Cyfrowe Centrum Serwisowe Spólka Akcyjna's P/S is lower than most of its industry peers. However, we think shrinking revenues are unlikely to lead to a stable P/S over the longer term, which could set up shareholders for future disappointment. There's potential for the P/S to fall to even lower levels if the company doesn't improve its top-line growth.

The Key Takeaway

Using the price-to-sales ratio alone to determine if you should sell your stock isn't sensible, however it can be a practical guide to the company's future prospects.

As we suspected, our examination of Cyfrowe Centrum Serwisowe Spólka Akcyjna revealed its shrinking revenue over the medium-term is contributing to its low P/S, given the industry is set to grow. At this stage investors feel the potential for an improvement in revenue isn't great enough to justify a higher P/S ratio. If recent medium-term revenue trends continue, it's hard to see the share price moving strongly in either direction in the near future under these circumstances.

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