There wouldn't be many who think Pacific Radiance Ltd.'s (SGX:RXS) price-to-sales (or "P/S") ratio of 1.1x is worth a mention when the median P/S for the Energy Services industry in Singapore is similar at about 0.8x. 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.

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How Has Pacific Radiance Performed Recently?

Recent times have been advantageous for Pacific Radiance as its revenues have been rising faster than most other companies. Perhaps the market is expecting this level of performance to taper off, keeping the P/S from soaring. If you like the company, you'd be hoping this isn't the case so that you could potentially pick up some stock while it's not quite in favour.

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Is There Some Revenue Growth Forecasted For Pacific Radiance?

There's an inherent assumption that a company should be matching the industry for P/S ratios like Pacific Radiance's to be considered reasonable.

Taking a look back first, we see that the company grew revenue by an impressive 40% last year. The latest three year period has also seen an incredible overall rise in revenue, aided by its incredible short-term performance. Accordingly, shareholders would have been over the moon with those medium-term rates of revenue growth.

Turning to the outlook, the next three years should generate growth of 6.9% per annum as estimated by the dual analysts watching the company. That's shaping up to be similar to the 6.6% each year growth forecast for the broader industry.

With this in mind, it makes sense that Pacific Radiance's P/S is closely matching its industry peers. It seems most investors are expecting to see average future growth and are only willing to pay a moderate amount for the stock.

What We Can Learn From Pacific Radiance's P/S?

We'd say the price-to-sales ratio's power isn't primarily as a valuation instrument but rather to gauge current investor sentiment and future expectations.

We've seen that Pacific Radiance maintains an adequate P/S seeing as its revenue growth figures match the rest of the 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. All things considered, if the P/S and revenue estimates contain no major shocks, then it's hard to see the share price moving strongly in either direction in the near future.

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