The PS Ratio, or Price-to-Sales ratio, or Price/Sales, is a financial ratio used to compare a company's market price to its Revenue per Share. As of today, Tri-Continental's share price is $30.13.
Tri-Continental's Revenue per Share for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Dec. 2023 was $4.78. Hence, Tri-Continental's PS Ratio for today is 6.30.
Warning Sign:
Tri-Continental Corp stock PS Ratio (=6.24) is close to 2-year high of 6.42
The historical rank and industry rank for Tri-Continental's PS Ratio or its related term are showing as below:
TY'
s PS Ratio Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 2.86 Med: 5.26 Max: 9.05
Current: 6.29
During the past 8 years, Tri-Continental's highest PS Ratio was 9.05. The lowest was 2.86. And the median was 5.26.
TY's PS Ratio is ranked better than 62.19% of 1415
companies
in the Asset Management industry
Industry Median: 8.56
vs TY: 6.29
During the past 3 years, the average Revenue per Share Growth Rate was 6.90% per year.
During the past 8 years, Tri-Continental's highest 3-Year average Revenue per Share Growth Rate was 25.80% per year. The lowest was -8.90% per year. And the median was 6.90% per year.
Back to Basics: PS Ratio
Tri-Continental PS Ratio Historical Data
The historical data trend for Tri-Continental's PS Ratio can be seen below:
* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD. * For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.
Competitive Comparison of Tri-Continental's PS Ratio
For the Asset Management subindustry, Tri-Continental's PS Ratio, along with its competitors' market caps and PS Ratio data, can be viewed below:
* Competitive companies are chosen from companies within the same industry, with headquarter located in same country, with closest market capitalization; x-axis shows the market cap, and y-axis shows the term value; the bigger the dot, the larger the market cap. Note that "N/A" values will not show up in the chart.
Tri-Continental's PS Ratio Distribution in the Asset Management Industry
For the Asset Management industry and Financial Services sector, Tri-Continental's PS Ratio distribution charts can be found below:
* The bar in red indicates where Tri-Continental's PS Ratio falls into.
Tri-Continental PS Ratio Calculation
The PS Ratio, or Price-to-Sales ratio, or Price/Sales, is a financial ratio used to compare a company's market price to its Revenue per Share. It is a ratio widely used to value stocks and it was first used by Ken Fisher.
Tri-Continental's Share Price of today is $30.13.
For company reported semi-annually, GuruFocus uses latest annual data as the TTM data. Tri-Continental's Revenue per Share for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Dec. 2023 was $4.78.
* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD. * For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.
It can also be calculated from the numbers for the whole company:
The PS Ratio is an excellent valuation indicator if you want to compare a stock with its historical valuation or with the stocks in the same industry. The PS Ratio works especially well when you want to compare the stock's current valuation with its historical valuation. The PS Ratio is a great valuation tool for evaluating cyclical businesses where the PE Ratio works poorly. It works the best when comparing the current valuation with the historical valuation because over time, a company's profit margin tends to revert to the mean.
When the PS Ratio is applied to the whole stock market, it can be used to evaluate the current market valuation and projected returns. In this case, the price is the total market cap of all stocks that are traded, and sales are the GDP of the country. This is how Warren Buffett estimates the broad market valuation and project future returns.
The PS Ratio does not tell you how cheap or expensive the stock is. It cannot be used to compare companies in different industries. It works better for companies within the same industry because these companies tend to have similar capital structures and profit margins. It works the best when comparing a company with itself in the past.
Tri-Continental PS Ratio Related Terms
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Tri-Continental (Tri-Continental) Business Description
Tri-Continental Corp is a United States-based closed-end management investment company. It invests to produce future growth of both capital and income while providing reasonable current income. The fund is divided into two equal segments namely, the equity segment uses quantitative models to select individual stocks whereas the Flexible capital income segment invests across a company's investable capital structure, including stocks, bonds, and convertible securities. The Fund invests in a range of sectors, which include consumer discretionary, consumer staples, energy, financials, healthcare, industrials, information technology, industrials, materials, real estate, telecommunication services, utilities, aerospace and defense, banking, chemicals, and others.
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