Market Cool On Snap One Holdings Corp.'s (NASDAQ:SNPO) Revenues

With a median price-to-sales (or "P/S") ratio of close to 0.6x in the Consumer Durables industry in the United States, you could be forgiven for feeling indifferent about Snap One Holdings Corp.'s (NASDAQ:SNPO) P/S ratio, which comes in at about the same. 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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How Snap One Holdings Has Been Performing

Snap One Holdings could be doing better as its revenue has been going backwards lately while most other companies have been seeing positive revenue growth. Perhaps the market is expecting its poor revenue performance to improve, keeping the P/S from dropping. If not, then existing shareholders may be a little nervous about the viability of the share price.

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What Are Revenue Growth Metrics Telling Us About The P/S?

Snap One Holdings' 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.

Taking a look back first, the company's revenue growth last year wasn't something to get excited about as it posted a disappointing decline of 2.9%. Even so, admirably revenue has lifted 32% in aggregate from three years ago, notwithstanding the last 12 months. So we can start by confirming that the company has generally done a very good job of growing revenue over that time, even though it had some hiccups along the way.

Shifting to the future, estimates from the eight analysts covering the company suggest revenue growth will show minor resilience over the next year growing only by 3.7%. This isn't typically strong growth, but with the rest of the industry predicted to shrink by 0.2%, that would be a solid result.

Even though the growth is only slight, it's peculiar that Snap One Holdings' P/S sits in line with the majority of other companies given the industry is set for a decline. It looks like most investors aren't convinced the company can achieve positive future growth in the face of a shrinking broader industry.

What Does Snap One Holdings' P/S Mean For Investors?

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.

We note that even though Snap One Holdings trades at a similar P/S as the rest of the industry, it far eclipses them in terms of forecasted revenue growth. We assume that investors are attributing some risk to the company's future revenues, keeping it from trading at a higher P/S. Perhaps there is some hesitation about the company's ability to keep swimming against the current of the broader industry turmoil. At least the risk of a price drop looks to be subdued, but investors seem to think future revenue could see some volatility.

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