Chime Financial (CHYM) has recently drawn investor attention after a period of relatively strong share price performance, with the stock showing positive returns over the past week, month and past 3 months.
See our latest analysis for Chime Financial.
At a share price of $27.23, Chime Financial’s short term momentum has been firm, with a 30 day share price return of 13.84% and a 90 day share price return of 27.99%, while the year to date share price return of 3.14% points to gains that are more modest over a longer stretch.
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With the shares at $27.23 and a 17.03% gap to the average analyst price target, you need to ask yourself: is Chime still trading below its potential, or is the market already pricing in future growth?
On a P/S of 4.9x at a last close of $27.23, Chime Financial trades at a richer tag than both its peer group and the wider US diversified financials space.
The P/S multiple compares the company’s market value to its revenue, which can be useful for businesses that are not yet profitable but are generating meaningful sales.
For Chime, this 4.9x P/S comes against a backdrop of forecast revenue growth of 18.1% per year and expectations that earnings could move from loss making to profitable over the next three years. The market is effectively paying a higher price for each dollar of Chime’s current revenue. This suggests investors may be comfortable assigning a premium to that growth outlook.
That premium stands out when you line it up against the estimated fair P/S of 4.5x and the broader comparisons. The stock trades above the US diversified financial industry average P/S of 2.6x and above the peer group average of 3.5x, a clear signal that the market is valuing Chime’s revenue more highly than many of its closest comparables and what the fair ratio model points to as a potential anchor level.
Explore the SWS fair ratio for Chime Financial
Result: Price-to-Sales of 4.9x (OVERVALUED)
However, you also need to weigh Chime’s latest annual net income loss of $984.765 million and the risk that forecast revenue growth of 18.1% per year does not materialise.
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