Those holding Bitdeer Technologies Group (NASDAQ:BTDR) shares would be relieved that the share price has rebounded 28% in the last thirty days, but it needs to keep going to repair the recent damage it has caused to investor portfolios. Not all shareholders will be feeling jubilant, since the share price is still down a very disappointing 12% in the last twelve months.
Although its price has surged higher, Bitdeer Technologies Group may still be sending bullish signals at the moment with its price-to-sales (or "P/S") ratio of 3x, since almost half of all companies in the Software industry in the United States have P/S ratios greater than 4.7x and even P/S higher than 11x 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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Recent times have been advantageous for Bitdeer Technologies Group as its revenues have been rising faster than most other companies. One possibility is that the P/S ratio is low because investors think this strong revenue performance might be less impressive moving forward. If not, then existing shareholders have reason to be quite optimistic about the future direction of the share price.
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Taking a look back first, we see that the company grew revenue by an impressive 31% last year. Pleasingly, revenue has also lifted 30% in aggregate from three years ago, thanks to the last 12 months of growth. So we can start by confirming that the company has done a great job of growing revenue over that time.
Turning to the outlook, the next year should generate growth of 17% as estimated by the eight analysts watching the company. Meanwhile, the rest of the industry is forecast to expand by 25%, which is noticeably more attractive.
In light of this, it's understandable that Bitdeer Technologies Group's P/S sits below the majority of other companies. It seems most investors are expecting to see limited future growth and are only willing to pay a reduced amount for the stock.
Bitdeer Technologies Group's stock price has surged recently, but its but its P/S still remains modest. Typically, we'd caution against reading too much into price-to-sales ratios when settling on investment decisions, though it can reveal plenty about what other market participants think about the company.
We've established that Bitdeer Technologies Group maintains its low P/S on the weakness of its forecast growth being lower than the wider industry, as expected. At this stage investors feel the potential for an improvement in revenue isn't great enough to justify a higher P/S ratio. The company will need a change of fortune to justify the P/S rising higher in the future.
Don't forget that there may be other risks. For instance, we've identified 3 warning signs for Bitdeer Technologies Group that you should be aware of.
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