Unfortunately for some shareholders, the Renaissance Asia Silk Road Group Limited (HKG:274) share price has dived 26% in the last thirty days, prolonging recent pain. The recent drop completes a disastrous twelve months for shareholders, who are sitting on a 80% loss during that time.

In spite of the heavy fall in price, there still wouldn't be many who think Renaissance Asia Silk Road Group's price-to-sales (or "P/S") ratio of 0.5x is worth a mention when the median P/S in Hong Kong's Industrials industry is similar at about 0.4x. While this might not raise any eyebrows, if the P/S ratio is not justified investors could be missing out on a potential opportunity or ignoring looming disappointment.

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What Does Renaissance Asia Silk Road Group's Recent Performance Look Like?

With revenue growth that's exceedingly strong of late, Renaissance Asia Silk Road Group has been doing very well. Perhaps the market is expecting future revenue performance to taper off, which has kept the P/S from rising. Those who are bullish on Renaissance Asia Silk Road Group will be hoping that this isn't the case, so that they can pick up the stock at a lower valuation.

How Is Renaissance Asia Silk Road Group's Revenue Growth Trending?

In order to justify its P/S ratio, Renaissance Asia Silk Road Group would need to produce growth that's similar to the industry.

Retrospectively, the last year delivered an exceptional 96% gain to the company's top line. This great performance means it was also able to deliver immense revenue growth over the last three years. Therefore, it's fair to say the revenue growth recently has been superb for the company.

Comparing that recent medium-term revenue trajectory with the industry's one-year growth forecast of 19% shows it's noticeably more attractive.

In light of this, it's curious that Renaissance Asia Silk Road Group's P/S sits in line with the majority of other companies. It may be that most investors are not convinced the company can maintain its recent growth rates.

What We Can Learn From Renaissance Asia Silk Road Group's P/S?

Following Renaissance Asia Silk Road Group's share price tumble, its P/S is just clinging on to the industry median P/S. 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.

We've established that Renaissance Asia Silk Road Group currently trades on a lower than expected P/S since its recent three-year growth is higher than the wider industry forecast. There could be some unobserved threats to revenue preventing the P/S ratio from matching this positive performance. At least the risk of a price drop looks to be subdued if recent medium-term revenue trends continue, but investors seem to think future revenue could see some volatility.

Before you settle on your opinion, we've discovered 4 warning signs for Renaissance Asia Silk Road Group that you should be aware of.

Of course, profitable companies with a history of great earnings growth are generally safer bets. So you may wish to see this free collection of other companies that have reasonable P/E ratios and have grown earnings strongly.

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