Why Investors Shouldn't Be Surprised By Future FinTech Group Inc.'s (NASDAQ:FTFT) Low P/S

Future FinTech Group Inc.'s (NASDAQ:FTFT) price-to-sales (or "P/S") ratio of 0.6x may look like a pretty appealing investment opportunity when you consider close to half the companies in the Diversified Financial industry in the United States have P/S ratios greater than 2.2x. Nonetheless, we'd need to dig a little deeper to determine if there is a rational basis for the reduced P/S.

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How Future FinTech Group Has Been Performing

With revenue growth that's exceedingly strong of late, Future FinTech Group has been doing very well. Perhaps the market is expecting future revenue performance to dwindle, which has kept the P/S suppressed. If that doesn't eventuate, then existing shareholders have reason to be quite optimistic about the future direction of the share price.

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Do Revenue Forecasts Match The Low P/S Ratio?

In order to justify its P/S ratio, Future FinTech Group would need to produce sluggish growth that's trailing the industry.

Retrospectively, the last year delivered an exceptional 183% gain to the company's top line. However, the latest three year period hasn't been as great in aggregate as it didn't manage to provide any growth at all. Accordingly, shareholders probably wouldn't have been overly satisfied with the unstable medium-term growth rates.

Comparing the recent medium-term revenue trends against the industry's one-year growth forecast of 10% shows it's noticeably less attractive.

With this information, we can see why Future FinTech Group is trading at a P/S lower than the industry. It seems most investors are expecting to see the recent limited growth rates continue into the future and are only willing to pay a reduced amount for the stock.

What We Can Learn From Future FinTech Group's P/S?

Generally, our preference is to limit the use of the price-to-sales ratio to establishing what the market thinks about the overall health of a company.

In line with expectations, Future FinTech Group maintains its low P/S on the weakness of its recent three-year growth being lower than the wider industry forecast. Right now shareholders are accepting the low P/S as they concede future revenue probably won't provide any pleasant surprises. If recent medium-term revenue trends continue, it's hard to see the share price experience a reversal of fortunes anytime soon.

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