Unfortunately for some shareholders, the Freight Technologies, Inc. (NASDAQ:FRGT) share price has dived 43% in the last thirty days, prolonging recent pain. The recent drop completes a disastrous twelve months for shareholders, who are sitting on a 95% loss during that time.

Although its price has dipped substantially, given around half the companies in the United States' Logistics industry have price-to-sales ratios (or "P/S") below 0.7x, you may still consider Freight Technologies as a stock to avoid entirely with its 4.1x P/S ratio. However, the P/S might be quite high for a reason and it requires further investigation to determine if it's justified.

What Does Freight Technologies' Recent Performance Look Like?

Recent times haven't been great for Freight Technologies as its revenue has been falling quicker than most other companies. One possibility is that the P/S ratio is high because investors think the company will turn things around completely and accelerate past most others in the industry. If not, then existing shareholders may be very nervous about the viability of the share price.

Keen to find out how analysts think Freight Technologies' future stacks up against the industry? In that case, our free report is a great place to start.

How Is Freight Technologies' Revenue Growth Trending?

In order to justify its P/S ratio, Freight Technologies would need to produce outstanding growth that's well in excess of the industry.

Retrospectively, the last year delivered a frustrating 34% decrease to the company's top line. Even so, admirably revenue has lifted 85% in aggregate from three years ago, notwithstanding the last 12 months. Although it's been a bumpy ride, it's still fair to say the revenue growth recently has been more than adequate for the company.

Shifting to the future, estimates from the lone analyst covering the company suggest revenue should grow by 140% over the next year. Meanwhile, the rest of the industry is forecast to only expand by 5.3%, which is noticeably less attractive.

With this in mind, it's not hard to understand why Freight Technologies' P/S is high relative to its industry peers. Apparently shareholders aren't keen to offload something that is potentially eyeing a more prosperous future.

What Does Freight Technologies' P/S Mean For Investors?

Freight Technologies' shares may have suffered, but its P/S remains high. Generally, our preference is to limit the use of the price-to-sales ratio to establishing what the market thinks about the overall health of a company.

As we suspected, our examination of Freight Technologies' analyst forecasts revealed that its superior revenue outlook is contributing to its high P/S. It appears that shareholders are confident in the company's future revenues, which is propping up the P/S. Unless these conditions change, they will continue to provide strong support to the share price.

It is also worth noting that we have found 4 warning signs for Freight Technologies (1 is potentially serious!) that you need to take into consideration.

It's important to make sure you look for a great company, not just the first idea you come across. So if growing profitability aligns with your idea of a great company, take a peek at this free list of interesting companies with strong recent earnings growth (and a low P/E).

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