It's not a stretch to say that Traeger, Inc.'s (NYSE:COOK) price-to-sales (or "P/S") ratio of 0.6x right now seems quite "middle-of-the-road" for companies in the Consumer Durables industry in the United States, where the median P/S ratio is around 0.7x. 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.
What Does Traeger's P/S Mean For Shareholders?
Recent times haven't been great for Traeger as its revenue has been rising slower than most other companies. It might be that many expect the uninspiring revenue performance to strengthen positively, which has kept the P/S ratio from falling. You'd really hope so, otherwise you're paying a relatively elevated price for a company with this sort of growth profile.
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How Is Traeger's Revenue Growth Trending?
Traeger's P/S ratio would be typical for a company that's only expected to deliver moderate growth, and importantly, perform in line with the industry.
Retrospectively, the last year delivered a decent 3.2% gain to the company's revenues. However, this wasn't enough as the latest three year period has seen an unpleasant 20% overall drop in revenue. Therefore, it's fair to say the revenue growth recently has been undesirable for the company.
Looking ahead now, revenue is anticipated to climb by 8.3% per annum during the coming three years according to the ten analysts following the company. Meanwhile, the rest of the industry is forecast to expand by 6.5% per annum, which is not materially different.
In light of this, it's understandable that Traeger's P/S sits in line with the majority of other companies. It seems most investors are expecting to see average future growth and are only willing to pay a moderate amount for the stock.
The Key Takeaway
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.
A Traeger's P/S seems about right to us given the knowledge that analysts are forecasting a revenue outlook that is similar to the Consumer Durables industry. At this stage investors feel the potential for an improvement or deterioration in revenue isn't great enough to push P/S in a higher or lower direction. Unless these conditions change, they will continue to support the share price at these levels.
And what about other risks? Every company has them, and we've spotted 1 warning sign for Traeger you should know about.
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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這麼說 Traeger, Inc. 並不費吹灰之力。”s(紐約證券交易所代碼:COOK)市銷率(或 「市盈率」)目前爲0.6倍,對於美國耐用消費品行業的公司來說似乎相當 「中間道路」,市盈率中位數約爲0.7倍。但是,不加解釋地忽略市銷率是不明智的,因爲投資者可能會忽視一個明顯的機會或一個代價高昂的錯誤。
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