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KOS International Holdings Limited's (HKG:8042) Shares Leap 32% Yet They're Still Not Telling The Full Story

Simply Wall St · 1d ago

KOS International Holdings Limited (HKG:8042) shareholders have had their patience rewarded with a 32% share price jump in the last month. Unfortunately, despite the strong performance over the last month, the full year gain of 5.9% isn't as attractive.

Although its price has surged higher, KOS International Holdings may still be sending buy signals at present with its price-to-sales (or "P/S") ratio of 0.2x, considering almost half of all companies in the Professional Services industry in Hong Kong have P/S ratios greater than 0.8x and even P/S higher than 4x aren't out of the ordinary. Nonetheless, we'd need to dig a little deeper to determine if there is a rational basis for the reduced P/S.

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SEHK:8042 Price to Sales Ratio vs Industry December 29th 2025

What Does KOS International Holdings' P/S Mean For Shareholders?

Recent times have been quite advantageous for KOS International Holdings as its revenue has been rising very briskly. Perhaps the market is expecting future revenue performance to dwindle, which has kept the P/S suppressed. Those who are bullish on KOS International Holdings will be hoping that this isn't the case, so that they can pick up the stock at a lower valuation.

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How Is KOS International Holdings' Revenue Growth Trending?

There's an inherent assumption that a company should underperform the industry for P/S ratios like KOS International Holdings' to be considered reasonable.

Taking a look back first, we see that the company grew revenue by an impressive 51% last year. The strong recent performance means it was also able to grow revenue by 97% in total over the last three years. So we can start by confirming that the company has done a great job of growing revenue over that time.

This is in contrast to the rest of the industry, which is expected to grow by 12% over the next year, materially lower than the company's recent medium-term annualised growth rates.

In light of this, it's peculiar that KOS International Holdings' P/S sits below the majority of other companies. It looks like most investors are not convinced the company can maintain its recent growth rates.

The Final Word

KOS International Holdings' stock price has surged recently, but its but its P/S still remains modest. 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're very surprised to see KOS International Holdings currently trading on a much lower than expected P/S since its recent three-year growth is higher than the wider industry forecast. When we see strong revenue with faster-than-industry growth, we assume there are some significant underlying risks to the company's ability to make money which is applying downwards pressure on the P/S ratio. It appears many are indeed anticipating revenue instability, because the persistence of these recent medium-term conditions would normally provide a boost to the share price.

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