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Investors Give Inspire Veterinary Partners, Inc. (NASDAQ:IVP) Shares A 61% Hiding

Simply Wall St · 12/31/2025 11:21

Unfortunately for some shareholders, the Inspire Veterinary Partners, Inc. (NASDAQ:IVP) share price has dived 61% in the last thirty days, prolonging recent pain. For any long-term shareholders, the last month ends a year to forget by locking in a 99% share price decline.

Since its price has dipped substantially, it would be understandable if you think Inspire Veterinary Partners is a stock with good investment prospects with a price-to-sales ratios (or "P/S") of 0.2x, considering almost half the companies in the United States' Healthcare industry have P/S ratios above 1.2x. 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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NasdaqCM:IVP Price to Sales Ratio vs Industry December 31st 2025

What Does Inspire Veterinary Partners' P/S Mean For Shareholders?

For example, consider that Inspire Veterinary Partners' financial performance has been poor lately as its revenue has been in decline. One possibility is that the P/S is low because investors think the company won't do enough to avoid underperforming the broader industry in the near future. Those who are bullish on Inspire Veterinary Partners 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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Do Revenue Forecasts Match The Low P/S Ratio?

In order to justify its P/S ratio, Inspire Veterinary Partners would need to produce sluggish growth that's trailing the industry.

Retrospectively, the last year delivered a frustrating 8.8% decrease to the company's top line. However, a few very strong years before that means that it was still able to grow revenue by an impressive 103% in total over the last three years. So we can start by confirming that the company has generally done a very good job of growing revenue over that time, even though it had some hiccups along the way.

When compared to the industry's one-year growth forecast of 6.4%, the most recent medium-term revenue trajectory is noticeably more alluring

In light of this, it's peculiar that Inspire Veterinary Partners' 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.

What We Can Learn From Inspire Veterinary Partners' P/S?

The southerly movements of Inspire Veterinary Partners' shares means its P/S is now sitting at a pretty low level. 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 Inspire Veterinary Partners currently trading on a much lower than expected P/S since its recent three-year growth is higher than the wider industry forecast. Potential investors that are sceptical over continued revenue performance may be preventing the P/S ratio from matching previous strong performance. At least price risks look to be very low if recent medium-term revenue trends continue, but investors seem to think future revenue could see a lot of volatility.

Plus, you should also learn about these 4 warning signs we've spotted with Inspire Veterinary Partners.

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