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Multi-Color (Multi-Color) PS Ratio : 0.60 (As of Apr. 26, 2024)


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What is Multi-Color PS Ratio?

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, Multi-Color's share price is $50.01. Multi-Color's Revenue per Share for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Mar. 2019 was $84.04. Hence, Multi-Color's PS Ratio for today is 0.60.

The historical rank and industry rank for Multi-Color's PS Ratio or its related term are showing as below:

LABL's PS Ratio is not ranked *
in the Business Services industry.
Industry Median: 1.07
* Ranked among companies with meaningful PS Ratio only.

Multi-Color's Revenue per Sharefor the three months ended in Mar. 2019 was $21.35. Its Revenue per Share for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Mar. 2019 was $84.04.

Back to Basics: PS Ratio


Multi-Color PS Ratio Historical Data

The historical data trend for Multi-Color'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.

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Multi-Color PS Ratio Chart

Multi-Color Annual Data
Trend Mar10 Mar11 Mar12 Mar13 Mar14 Mar15 Mar16 Mar17 Mar18 Mar19
PS Ratio
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 1.44 1.04 1.31 0.96 0.59

Multi-Color Quarterly Data
Jun14 Sep14 Dec14 Mar15 Jun15 Sep15 Dec15 Mar16 Jun16 Sep16 Dec16 Mar17 Jun17 Sep17 Dec17 Mar18 Jun18 Sep18 Dec18 Mar19
PS Ratio Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 0.96 0.84 0.75 0.42 0.59

Competitive Comparison of Multi-Color's PS Ratio

For the Specialty Business Services subindustry, Multi-Color'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.


Multi-Color's PS Ratio Distribution in the Business Services Industry

For the Business Services industry and Industrials sector, Multi-Color's PS Ratio distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Multi-Color's PS Ratio falls into.



Multi-Color 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.

Multi-Color's PS Ratio for today is calculated as

PS Ratio=Share Price/Revenue per Share (TTM)
=50.01/84.036
=0.60

Multi-Color's Share Price of today is $50.01.
Multi-Color's Revenue per Share for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Mar. 2019 adds up the quarterly data reported by the company within the most recent 12 months, which was $84.04.

* 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:

PS Ratio=Market Cap/Revenue

The Revenue here is for the trailing 12 months.


Multi-Color  (NAS:LABL) PS Ratio Explanation

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.

Similar to the PE Ratio or Price-to-Operating-Cash-Flow or Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow , the PS Ratio measures the valuation based on the earning power of the company. This is where it is different from the PB Ratio , which measures the valuation based on the company's balance sheet.


Be Aware

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.


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Multi-Color (Multi-Color) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
N/A
Address
4053 Clough Woods Drive, Batavia, OH, USA, 45103
Multi-Color Corporation is an America-based company that provide label solutions. The company's products include pressure-sensitive labels, in-mold labels, heat-transfer labels, glue-applied labels, glue-applied labels, shrink sleeve labels and graphic services. These products and services primarily aim to fulfill customers' packaging needs. Customers of the company include a wide array of makers of consumer products, personal care products, wine & spirit and specialty consumer products from America, Europe, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, China, Southeast Asia and others. America is the biggest market for the company, accounting for over half of its revenue.
Executives
Michael W Ranger 10 percent owner C/O TXU CORP, 1601 BRYAN ST, DALLAS TX 75201
Robert R Buck director C/O BEACON ROOFING SUPPLY, INC., 505 HUNTMAR PARK DRIVE SUITE 300, HERNDON VA 20170
Robert Kuhn director C/O APTARGROUP 475 W. TERRA COTTA AVENUE, SUITE E, CRYSTAL LAKE IL 60014
Andrew H Rush 10 percent owner C/O DIAMOND CASTLE HOLDINGS, LLC, 280 PARK AVENUE, 25TH FLOOR, EAST TOWER, NEW YORK NY 10017
Matthew M Walsh director ALLERGAN, 5 GIRALDA FARMS, MADISON NJ 07940
Lorrence T Kellar director C/O LOEHMANNS INC, 2500 HALSEY STREET, BRONX NY 10461
Lee A. Wright director C/O DIAMOND CASTLE HOLDINGS, LLC, 280 PARK AVENUE, 25TH FLOOR, EAST TOWER, NEW YORK NY 10017
James H Reynolds officer: Chief Accounting Officer 201 E FOURTH STREET, CINCINNATI OH 45202