Unfortunately for some shareholders, the Yatsen Holding Limited (NYSE:YSG) share price has dived 27% in the last thirty days, prolonging recent pain. Looking at the bigger picture, even after this poor month the stock is up 27% in the last year.
Although its price has dipped substantially, you could still be forgiven for feeling indifferent about Yatsen Holding's P/S ratio of 0.7x, since the median price-to-sales (or "P/S") ratio for the Personal Products industry in the United States is also close to 0.8x. Although, it's not wise to simply ignore the P/S without explanation as investors may be disregarding a distinct opportunity or a costly mistake.
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With its revenue growth in positive territory compared to the declining revenue of most other companies, Yatsen Holding has been doing quite well of late. One possibility is that the P/S ratio is moderate because investors think the company's revenue will be less resilient moving forward. If not, then existing shareholders have reason to be feeling optimistic about the future direction of the share price.
If you'd like to see what analysts are forecasting going forward, you should check out our free report on Yatsen Holding.In order to justify its P/S ratio, Yatsen Holding would need to produce growth that's similar to the industry.
Retrospectively, the last year delivered an exceptional 23% gain to the company's top line. Despite this strong recent growth, it's still struggling to catch up as its three-year revenue frustratingly shrank by 3.8% overall. So unfortunately, we have to acknowledge that the company has not done a great job of growing revenues over that time.
Turning to the outlook, the next year should generate growth of 17% as estimated by the dual analysts watching the company. With the industry only predicted to deliver 5.2%, the company is positioned for a stronger revenue result.
With this information, we find it interesting that Yatsen Holding is trading at a fairly similar P/S compared to the industry. Apparently some shareholders are skeptical of the forecasts and have been accepting lower selling prices.
Yatsen Holding's plummeting stock price has brought its P/S back to a similar region as the rest of the industry. 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.
Despite enticing revenue growth figures that outpace the industry, Yatsen Holding's P/S isn't quite what we'd expect. When we see a strong revenue outlook, with growth outpacing the industry, we can only assume potential uncertainty around these figures are what might be placing slight pressure on the P/S ratio. However, if you agree with the analysts' forecasts, you may be able to pick up the stock at an attractive price.
And what about other risks? Every company has them, and we've spotted 1 warning sign for Yatsen Holding you should know about.
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