Titan Mining Corporation's (TSE:TI) Share Price Boosted 27% But Its Business Prospects Need A Lift Too

Titan Mining Corporation (TSE:TI) shareholders would be excited to see that the share price has had a great month, posting a 27% gain and recovering from prior weakness. This latest share price bounce rounds out a remarkable 838% gain over the last twelve months.

Although its price has surged higher, Titan Mining may still be sending buy signals at present with its price-to-sales (or "P/S") ratio of 3.9x, considering almost half of all companies in the Metals and Mining industry in Canada have P/S ratios greater than 7.2x and even P/S higher than 46x aren't out of the ordinary. 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 Titan Mining Has Been Performing

Recent revenue growth for Titan Mining has been in line with the industry. Perhaps the market is expecting future revenue performance to dive, which has kept the P/S suppressed. If you like the company, you'd be hoping this isn't the case so that you could pick up some stock while it's out of favour.

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How Is Titan Mining's Revenue Growth Trending?

Titan Mining's P/S ratio would be typical for a company that's only expected to deliver limited growth, and importantly, perform worse than the industry.

Retrospectively, the last year delivered an exceptional 54% gain to the company's top line. The latest three year period has also seen a 17% overall rise in revenue, aided extensively by its short-term performance. Therefore, it's fair to say the revenue growth recently has been respectable for the company.

Turning to the outlook, the next year should bring diminished returns, with revenue decreasing 0.3% as estimated by the one analyst watching the company. With the industry predicted to deliver 55% growth, that's a disappointing outcome.

In light of this, it's understandable that Titan Mining's P/S would sit below the majority of other companies. However, shrinking revenues are unlikely to lead to a stable P/S over the longer term. There's potential for the P/S to fall to even lower levels if the company doesn't improve its top-line growth.

The Key Takeaway

Titan Mining's stock price has surged recently, but its but its P/S still remains modest. 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.

It's clear to see that Titan Mining maintains its low P/S on the weakness of its forecast for sliding revenue, as expected. At this stage investors feel the potential for an improvement in revenue isn't great enough to justify a higher P/S ratio. Unless these conditions improve, they will continue to form a barrier for the share price around these levels.

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