Caesars Entertainment, Inc.'s (NASDAQ:CZR) Share Price Is Matching Sentiment Around Its Revenues

With a price-to-sales (or "P/S") ratio of 0.8x Caesars Entertainment, Inc. (NASDAQ:CZR) may be sending bullish signals at the moment, given that almost half of all the Hospitality companies in the United States have P/S ratios greater than 1.4x and even P/S higher than 4x 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 limited.

See our latest analysis for Caesars Entertainment

How Has Caesars Entertainment Performed Recently?

With revenue growth that's inferior to most other companies of late, Caesars Entertainment has been relatively sluggish. The P/S ratio is probably low because investors think this lacklustre revenue performance isn't going to get any better. 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.

Keen to find out how analysts think Caesars Entertainment's future stacks up against the industry? In that case, our free report is a great place to start.

How Is Caesars Entertainment's Revenue Growth Trending?

The only time you'd be truly comfortable seeing a P/S as low as Caesars Entertainment's is when the company's growth is on track to lag the industry.

If we review the last year of revenue growth, the company posted a worthy increase of 6.5%. Pleasingly, revenue has also lifted 218% in aggregate from three years ago, partly thanks to the last 12 months of growth. Accordingly, shareholders would have definitely welcomed those medium-term rates of revenue growth.

Shifting to the future, estimates from the analysts covering the company suggest revenue should grow by 3.2% each year over the next three years. Meanwhile, the rest of the industry is forecast to expand by 11% per annum, which is noticeably more attractive.

In light of this, it's understandable that Caesars Entertainment's P/S sits below the majority of other companies. It seems most investors are expecting to see limited future growth and are only willing to pay a reduced amount for the stock.

The Final Word

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.

As we suspected, our examination of Caesars Entertainment's analyst forecasts revealed that its inferior revenue outlook is contributing to its low P/S. Shareholders' pessimism on the revenue prospects for the company seems to be the main contributor to the depressed P/S. The company will need a change of fortune to justify the P/S rising higher in the future.

We don't want to rain on the parade too much, but we did also find 2 warning signs for Caesars Entertainment (1 is significant!) that you need to be mindful of.

Of course, profitable companies with a history of great earnings growth are generally safer bets. So you may wish to see this free collection of other companies that have reasonable P/E ratios and have grown earnings strongly.

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