With a price-to-sales (or "P/S") ratio of 3x LiveRamp Holdings, Inc. (NYSE:RAMP) may be sending bullish signals at the moment, given that almost half of all the Software companies in the United States have P/S ratios greater than 5.4x and even P/S higher than 12x are not unusual. 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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What Does LiveRamp Holdings' Recent Performance Look Like?

Recent times haven't been great for LiveRamp Holdings as its revenue has been rising slower than most other companies. The P/S ratio is probably low because investors think this lacklustre revenue performance isn't going to get any better. If you still like the company, you'd be hoping revenue doesn't get any worse and that you could pick up some stock while it's out of favour.

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Do Revenue Forecasts Match The Low P/S Ratio?

In order to justify its P/S ratio, LiveRamp Holdings would need to produce sluggish growth that's trailing the industry.

If we review the last year of revenue growth, the company posted a worthy increase of 13%. This was backed up an excellent period prior to see revenue up by 41% in total over the last three years. Therefore, it's fair to say the revenue growth recently has been superb for the company.

Looking ahead now, revenue is anticipated to climb by 8.4% each year during the coming three years according to the seven analysts following the company. With the industry predicted to deliver 16% growth per year, the company is positioned for a weaker revenue result.

With this information, we can see why LiveRamp Holdings is trading at a P/S lower than the industry. Apparently many shareholders weren't comfortable holding on while the company is potentially eyeing a less prosperous future.

What We Can Learn From LiveRamp Holdings' P/S?

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.

We've established that LiveRamp Holdings maintains its low P/S on the weakness of its forecast growth being lower than the wider industry, as expected. Right now shareholders are accepting the low P/S as they concede future revenue probably won't provide any pleasant surprises. It's hard to see the share price rising strongly in the near future under these circumstances.

Having said that, be aware LiveRamp Holdings is showing 1 warning sign in our investment analysis, you should know about.

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