Unfortunately for some shareholders, the Antelope Enterprise Holdings Limited (NASDAQ:AEHL) share price has dived 63% in the last thirty days, prolonging recent pain. For any long-term shareholders, the last month ends a year to forget by locking in a 71% share price decline.

Since its price has dipped substantially, Antelope Enterprise Holdings may be sending bullish signals at the moment with its price-to-sales (or "P/S") ratio of 0.1x, since almost half of all companies in the Interactive Media and Services industry in the United States have P/S ratios greater than 1.4x and even P/S higher than 4x are not unusual. Nonetheless, we'd need to dig a little deeper to determine if there is a rational basis for the reduced P/S.

How Has Antelope Enterprise Holdings Performed Recently?

It looks like revenue growth has deserted Antelope Enterprise Holdings recently, which is not something to boast about. Perhaps the market believes the recent lacklustre revenue performance is a sign of future underperformance relative to industry peers, hurting the P/S. If not, then existing shareholders may be feeling optimistic about the future direction of the share price.

How Is Antelope Enterprise Holdings' Revenue Growth Trending?

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

If we review the last year of revenue, the company posted a result that saw barely any deviation from a year ago. Although pleasingly revenue has lifted 131% in aggregate from three years ago, notwithstanding the last 12 months. Accordingly, shareholders will be pleased, but also have some questions to ponder about the last 12 months.

Comparing that recent medium-term revenue trajectory with the industry's one-year growth forecast of 13% shows it's noticeably more attractive.

With this in mind, we find it intriguing that Antelope Enterprise Holdings' P/S isn't as high compared to that of its industry peers. Apparently some shareholders believe the recent performance has exceeded its limits and have been accepting significantly lower selling prices.

What Does Antelope Enterprise Holdings' P/S Mean For Investors?

Antelope Enterprise Holdings' recently weak share price has pulled its P/S back below other Interactive Media and Services companies. 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 examination of Antelope Enterprise Holdings revealed its three-year revenue trends aren't boosting its P/S anywhere near as much as we would have predicted, given they look better than current industry expectations. Potential investors that are sceptical over continued revenue performance may be preventing the P/S ratio from matching previous strong performance. It appears many are indeed anticipating revenue instability, because the persistence of these recent medium-term conditions would normally provide a boost to the share price.

You should always think about risks. Case in point, we've spotted 3 warning signs for Antelope Enterprise Holdings you should be aware of.

If strong companies turning a profit tickle your fancy, then you'll want to check out this free list of interesting companies that trade on a low P/E (but have proven they can grow earnings).

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