Market Still Lacking Some Conviction On Stockwik Förvaltning AB (publ) (STO:STWK)

With a price-to-sales (or "P/S") ratio of 0.2x Stockwik Förvaltning AB (publ) (STO:STWK) may be sending very bullish signals at the moment, given that almost half of all the Capital Markets companies in Sweden have P/S ratios greater than 2.9x and even P/S higher than 13x are not unusual. Although, it's not wise to just take the P/S at face value as there may be an explanation why it's so limited.

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What Does Stockwik Förvaltning's Recent Performance Look Like?

Stockwik Förvaltning could be doing better as it's been growing revenue less than most other companies lately. It seems that many are expecting the uninspiring revenue performance to persist, which has repressed the growth of the P/S ratio. If you still like the company, you'd be hoping revenue doesn't get any worse and that you could pick up some stock while it's out of favour.

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Do Revenue Forecasts Match The Low P/S Ratio?

In order to justify its P/S ratio, Stockwik Förvaltning would need to produce anemic growth that's substantially trailing the industry.

If we review the last year of revenue growth, the company posted a worthy increase of 5.3%. Pleasingly, revenue has also lifted 30% in aggregate from three years ago, partly thanks to the last 12 months of growth. Therefore, it's fair to say the revenue growth recently has been superb for the company.

Shifting to the future, estimates from the lone analyst covering the company suggest revenue should grow by 5.0% over the next year. With the industry only predicted to deliver 2.8%, the company is positioned for a stronger revenue result.

With this information, we find it odd that Stockwik Förvaltning is trading at a P/S lower than the industry. Apparently some shareholders are doubtful of the forecasts and have been accepting significantly lower selling prices.

What Does Stockwik Förvaltning's P/S Mean For Investors?

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.

A look at Stockwik Förvaltning's revenues reveals that, despite glowing future growth forecasts, its P/S is much lower than we'd expect. When we see strong growth forecasts like this, we can only assume potential risks are what might be placing significant pressure on the P/S ratio. While the possibility of the share price plunging seems unlikely due to the high growth forecasted for the company, the market does appear to have some hesitation.

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