Fewer Investors Than Expected Jumping On Santierul Naval Orsova S.A. (BVB:SNO)

With a median price-to-sales (or "P/S") ratio of close to 0.8x in the Machinery industry in Romania, you could be forgiven for feeling indifferent about Santierul Naval Orsova S.A.'s (BVB:SNO) P/S ratio of 0.7x. 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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How Has Santierul Naval Orsova Performed Recently?

Santierul Naval Orsova certainly has been doing a great job lately as it's been growing its revenue at a really rapid pace. Perhaps the market is expecting future revenue performance to taper off, which has kept the P/S from rising. If that doesn't eventuate, then existing shareholders have reason to be feeling optimistic about the future direction of the share price.

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Do Revenue Forecasts Match The P/S Ratio?

In order to justify its P/S ratio, Santierul Naval Orsova would need to produce growth that's similar to the industry.

If we review the last year of revenue growth, the company posted a terrific increase of 39%. The strong recent performance means it was also able to grow revenue by 41% in total over the last three years. Accordingly, shareholders would have definitely welcomed those medium-term rates of revenue growth.

Comparing that recent medium-term revenue trajectory with the industry's one-year growth forecast of 0.2% shows it's noticeably more attractive.

With this information, we find it interesting that Santierul Naval Orsova 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.

The Key Takeaway

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 Santierul Naval Orsova'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. 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. At least the risk of a price drop looks to be subdued if recent medium-term revenue trends continue, but investors seem to think future revenue could see some volatility.

Having said that, be aware Santierul Naval Orsova is showing 4 warning signs in our investment analysis, and 2 of those make us uncomfortable.

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