Investors Continue Waiting On Sidelines For Priority Technology Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ:PRTH)

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With a price-to-sales (or "P/S") ratio of 0.7x Priority Technology Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ:PRTH) may be sending bullish signals at the moment, given that almost half of all the Diversified Financial companies in the United States have P/S ratios greater than 2.6x and even P/S higher than 5x are not unusual. However, the P/S might be low for a reason and it requires further investigation to determine if it's justified.

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How Has Priority Technology Holdings Performed Recently?

Recent times have been advantageous for Priority Technology Holdings as its revenues have been rising faster than most other companies. It might be that many expect the strong revenue performance to degrade substantially, which has repressed the share price, and thus the P/S ratio. If not, then existing shareholders have reason to be quite optimistic about the future direction of the share price.

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Is There Any Revenue Growth Forecasted For Priority Technology Holdings?

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

Taking a look back first, we see that the company managed to grow revenues by a handy 13% last year. Pleasingly, revenue has also lifted 54% 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 five analysts covering the company suggest revenue should grow by 12% over the next year. Meanwhile, the rest of the industry is forecast to only expand by 5.3%, which is noticeably less attractive.

In light of this, it's peculiar that Priority Technology Holdings' P/S sits below the majority of other companies. Apparently some shareholders are doubtful of the forecasts and have been accepting significantly lower selling prices.

What Does Priority Technology Holdings' P/S Mean For Investors?

It's argued the price-to-sales ratio is an inferior measure of value within certain industries, but it can be a powerful business sentiment indicator.

A look at Priority Technology Holdings' revenues reveals that, despite glowing future growth forecasts, its P/S is much lower than we'd expect. When we see strong growth forecasts like this, we can only assume potential risks are what might be placing significant pressure on the P/S ratio. At least price risks look to be very low, but investors seem to think future revenues could see a lot of volatility.

Having said that, be aware Priority Technology Holdings is showing 3 warning signs in our investment analysis, and 2 of those are potentially serious.

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