Binah Capital Group, Inc.'s (NASDAQ:BCG) 26% Dip In Price Shows Sentiment Is Matching Revenues

The Binah Capital Group, Inc. (NASDAQ:BCG) share price has fared very poorly over the last month, falling by a substantial 26%. For any long-term shareholders, the last month ends a year to forget by locking in a 55% share price decline.

Following the heavy fall in price, Binah Capital Group's price-to-sales (or "P/S") ratio of 0.1x might make it look like a strong buy right now compared to the wider Capital Markets industry in the United States, where around half of the companies have P/S ratios above 4x and even P/S above 11x are quite common. Nonetheless, we'd need to dig a little deeper to determine if there is a rational basis for the highly reduced P/S.

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How Has Binah Capital Group Performed Recently?

Revenue has risen at a steady rate over the last year for Binah Capital Group, which is generally not a bad outcome. One possibility is that the P/S ratio is low because investors think this good revenue growth might actually underperform the broader industry in the near future. If you like the company, you'd be hoping this isn't the case so that you could potentially pick up some stock while it's out of favour.

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

The only time you'd be truly comfortable seeing a P/S as depressed as Binah Capital Group's is when the company's growth is on track to lag the industry decidedly.

Retrospectively, the last year delivered a decent 7.5% gain to the company's revenues. Ultimately though, it couldn't turn around the poor performance of the prior period, with revenue shrinking 2.6% in total over the last three years. Accordingly, shareholders would have felt downbeat about the medium-term rates of revenue growth.

Weighing that medium-term revenue trajectory against the broader industry's one-year forecast for expansion of 7.0% shows it's an unpleasant look.

In light of this, it's understandable that Binah Capital Group's P/S would sit below the majority of other companies. However, we think shrinking revenues are unlikely to lead to a stable P/S over the longer term, which could set up shareholders for future disappointment. Even just maintaining these prices could be difficult to achieve as recent revenue trends are already weighing down the shares.

The Final Word

Having almost fallen off a cliff, Binah Capital Group's share price has pulled its P/S way down as well. While the price-to-sales ratio shouldn't be the defining factor in whether you buy a stock or not, it's quite a capable barometer of revenue expectations.

As we suspected, our examination of Binah Capital Group revealed its shrinking revenue over the medium-term is contributing to its low P/S, given the industry is set to grow. Right now shareholders are accepting the low P/S as they concede future revenue probably won't provide any pleasant surprises either. Unless the recent medium-term conditions improve, they will continue to form a barrier for the share price around these levels.

You need to take note of risks, for example - Binah Capital Group has 3 warning signs (and 1 which is concerning) we think you should know about.

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