Midsona AB (publ) (STO:MSON B) Looks Just Right With A 25% Price Jump

Midsona AB (publ) (STO:MSON B) shares have continued their recent momentum with a 25% gain in the last month alone. Looking back a bit further, it's encouraging to see the stock is up 39% in the last year.

Although its price has surged higher, you could still be forgiven for feeling indifferent about Midsona's P/S ratio of 0.4x, since the median price-to-sales (or "P/S") ratio for the Food industry in Sweden is also close to 0.6x. While this might not raise any eyebrows, if the P/S ratio is not justified investors could be missing out on a potential opportunity or ignoring looming disappointment.

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What Does Midsona's Recent Performance Look Like?

Midsona has been doing a reasonable job lately as its revenue hasn't declined as much as most other companies. Perhaps the market is expecting future revenue performance fall back in line with the poorer industry performance, which has kept the P/S contained. If you still like the company, you'd want its revenue trajectory to turn around before making any decisions. But at the very least, you'd be hoping the company doesn't fall back into the pack if your plan is to pick up some stock while it's not in favour.

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Do Revenue Forecasts Match The P/S Ratio?

Midsona's P/S ratio would be typical for a company that's only expected to deliver moderate growth, and importantly, perform in line with the industry.

Retrospectively, the last year delivered a frustrating 3.9% decrease to the company's top line. This has erased any of its gains during the last three years, with practically no change in revenue being achieved in total. So it appears to us that the company has had a mixed result in terms of growing revenue over that time.

Looking ahead now, revenue is anticipated to climb by 2.0% during the coming year according to the one analyst following the company. That's shaping up to be similar to the 0.4% growth forecast for the broader industry.

With this information, we can see why Midsona is trading at a fairly similar P/S to the industry. It seems most investors are expecting to see average future growth and are only willing to pay a moderate amount for the stock.

What Does Midsona's P/S Mean For Investors?

Its shares have lifted substantially and now Midsona's P/S is back within range of the industry median. We'd say the price-to-sales ratio's power isn't primarily as a valuation instrument but rather to gauge current investor sentiment and future expectations.

Our look at Midsona's revenue growth estimates show that its P/S is about what we expect, as both metrics follow closely with the industry averages. At this stage investors feel the potential for an improvement or deterioration in revenue isn't great enough to push P/S in a higher or lower direction. Unless these conditions change, they will continue to support the share price at these levels.

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