Capricor Therapeutics, Inc.(纳斯达克:CAPR)的股票上涨了31%,但其业务仍然落后于行业板块。
CapricorTherapeutics,Inc.(NASDAQ:CAPR)shareholdershavehadtheirpatiencerewardedwitha31%sharepricejumpinthelastmonth.Unfortunately,despitethestrongperformanceoverthelastmonth,thefullyeargainof7.6%isn'tasattractive.
Inspiteofthefirmbounceinprice,CapricorTherapeutics'price-to-sales(or"P/S")ratioof7.8xmightstillmakeitlooklikeabuyrightnowcomparedtotheBiotechsindustryintheUnitedStates,wherearoundhalfofthecompanieshaveP/Sratiosabove12xandevenP/Sabove76xarequitecommon.Nonetheless,we'dneedtodigalittledeepertodetermineifthereisarationalbasisforthereducedP/S.
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WhatDoesCapricorTherapeutics'P/SMeanForShareholders?
CapricorTherapeuticscertainlyhasbeendoingagoodjoblatelyasit'sbeengrowingrevenuemorethanmostothercompanies.Itmightbethatmanyexpectthestrongrevenueperformancetodegradesubstantially,whichhasrepressedtheshareprice,andthustheP/Sratio.Ifnot,thenexistingshareholdershavereasontobequiteoptimisticaboutthefuturedirectionoftheshareprice.
Ifyou'dliketoseewhatanalystsareforecastinggoingforward,youshouldcheckoutour
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HowIsCapricorTherapeutics'RevenueGrowthTrending?
CapricorTherapeutics'P/Sratiowouldbetypicalforacompanythat'sonlyexpectedtodeliverlimitedgrowth,andimportantly,performworsethantheindustry.
Retrospectively,thelastyeardeliveredanexceptional187%gaintothecompany'stopline.Thelatestthreeyearperiodhasalsoseenanincredibleoverallriseinrevenue,aidedbyitsincredibleshort-termperformance.Therefore,it'sfairtosaytherevenuegrowthrecentlyhasbeensuperbforthecompany.
Lookingaheadnow,revenueisanticipatedtoclimbby55%peryearduringthecomingthreeyearsaccordingtothefiveanalystsfollowingthecompany.That'sshapinguptobemateriallylowerthanthe146%perannumgrowthforecastforthebroaderindustry.
Inlightofthis,it'sunderstandablethatCapricorTherapeutics'P/Ssitsbelowthemajorityofothercompanies.Apparentlymanyshareholdersweren'tcomfortableholdingonwhilethecompanyispotentiallyeyeingalessprosperousfuture.
WhatWeCanLearnFromCapricorTherapeutics'P/S?
Thelatestsharepricesurgewasn'tenoughtoliftCapricorTherapeutics'P/Sclosetotheindustrymedian.Typically,we'dcautionagainstreadingtoomuchintoprice-to-salesratioswhensettlingoninvestmentdecisions,thoughitcanrevealplentyaboutwhatothermarketparticipantsthinkaboutthecompany.
Aswesuspected,ourexaminationofCapricorTherapeutics'analystforecastsrevealedthatitsinferiorrevenueoutlookiscontributingtoitslowP/S.RightnowshareholdersareacceptingthelowP/Sastheyconcedefuturerevenueprobablywon'tprovideanypleasantsurprises.It'shardtoseethesharepricerisingstronglyinthenearfutureunderthesecircumstances.
Beforeyoutakethenextstep,youshouldknowaboutthe2warningsignsforCapricorTherapeuticsthatwehaveuncovered.
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