TeraWulf Inc.'s (NASDAQ:WULF) Stock Retreats 30% But Revenues Haven't Escaped The Attention Of Investors

To the annoyance of some shareholders, TeraWulf Inc. (NASDAQ:WULF) shares are down a considerable 30% in the last month, which continues a horrid run for the company. Looking back over the past twelve months the stock has been a solid performer regardless, with a gain of 22%.

In spite of the heavy fall in price, TeraWulf may still be sending strong sell signals at present with a price-to-sales (or "P/S") ratio of 6.3x, when you consider almost half of the companies in the Software industry in the United States have P/S ratios under 4.1x and even P/S lower than 1.7x aren't out of the ordinary. However, the P/S might be quite high for a reason and it requires further investigation to determine if it's justified.

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How Has TeraWulf Performed Recently?

Recent times have been advantageous for TeraWulf as its revenues have been rising faster than most other companies. It seems that many are expecting the strong revenue performance to persist, which has raised the P/S. You'd really hope so, otherwise you're paying a pretty hefty price for no particular reason.

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How Is TeraWulf's Revenue Growth Trending?

TeraWulf's P/S ratio would be typical for a company that's expected to deliver very strong growth, and importantly, perform much better than the industry.

Taking a look back first, we see that the company grew revenue by an impressive 102% last year. Although, its longer-term performance hasn't been as strong with three-year revenue growth being relatively non-existent overall. So it appears to us that the company has had a mixed result in terms of growing revenue over that time.

Shifting to the future, estimates from the nine analysts covering the company suggest revenue should grow by 69% over the next year. That's shaping up to be materially higher than the 14% growth forecast for the broader industry.

With this information, we can see why TeraWulf is trading at such a high P/S compared to the industry. Apparently shareholders aren't keen to offload something that is potentially eyeing a more prosperous future.

What Does TeraWulf's P/S Mean For Investors?

TeraWulf's shares may have suffered, but its P/S remains high. 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.

Our look into TeraWulf shows that its P/S ratio remains high on the merit of its strong future revenues. Right now shareholders are comfortable with the P/S as they are quite confident future revenues aren't under threat. It's hard to see the share price falling strongly in the near future under these circumstances.

Before you take the next step, you should know about the 3 warning signs for TeraWulf (1 is potentially serious!) that we have uncovered.

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