Chrysos Corporation Limited (ASX:C79) shareholders that were waiting for something to happen have been dealt a blow with a 27% share price drop in the last month. For any long-term shareholders, the last month ends a year to forget by locking in a 51% share price decline.

Even after such a large drop in price, given around half the companies in Australia's Professional Services industry have price-to-sales ratios (or "P/S") below 1.4x, you may still consider Chrysos as a stock to avoid entirely with its 7.2x P/S ratio. Although, it's not wise to just take the P/S at face value as there may be an explanation why it's so lofty.

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How Has Chrysos Performed Recently?

With revenue growth that's superior to most other companies of late, Chrysos has been doing relatively well. The P/S is probably high because investors think this strong revenue performance will continue. However, if this isn't the case, investors might get caught out paying too much for the stock.

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How Is Chrysos' Revenue Growth Trending?

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

Taking a look back first, we see that the company grew revenue by an impressive 62% last year. The latest three year period has also seen an incredible overall rise in revenue, aided by its incredible short-term performance. 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 38% each year during the coming three years according to the five analysts following the company. Meanwhile, the rest of the industry is forecast to only expand by 4.2% per annum, which is noticeably less attractive.

With this in mind, it's not hard to understand why Chrysos' P/S is high relative to its industry peers. It seems most investors are expecting this strong future growth and are willing to pay more for the stock.

The Key Takeaway

A significant share price dive has done very little to deflate Chrysos' very lofty 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.

As we suspected, our examination of Chrysos' analyst forecasts revealed that its superior revenue outlook is contributing to its high P/S. At this stage investors feel the potential for a deterioration in revenues is quite remote, justifying the elevated P/S ratio. Unless the analysts have really missed the mark, these strong revenue forecasts should keep the share price buoyant.

Plus, you should also learn about this 1 warning sign we've spotted with Chrysos .

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