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E-Commerce China Dangdang (E-Commerce China Dangdang) PS Ratio : 0.45 (As of Apr. 25, 2024)


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What is E-Commerce China Dangdang 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, E-Commerce China Dangdang's share price is $6.63. E-Commerce China Dangdang's Revenue per Share for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Dec. 2015 was $14.76. Hence, E-Commerce China Dangdang's PS Ratio for today is 0.45.

The historical rank and industry rank for E-Commerce China Dangdang's PS Ratio or its related term are showing as below:

DANG's PS Ratio is not ranked *
in the Retail - Cyclical industry.
Industry Median: 0.675
* Ranked among companies with meaningful PS Ratio only.

E-Commerce China Dangdang's Revenue per Sharefor the three months ended in Dec. 2015 was $3.42. Its Revenue per Share for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Dec. 2015 was $14.76.

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E-Commerce China Dangdang PS Ratio Historical Data

The historical data trend for E-Commerce China Dangdang'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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E-Commerce China Dangdang PS Ratio Chart

E-Commerce China Dangdang Annual Data
Trend Dec08 Dec09 Dec10 Dec11 Dec12 Dec13 Dec14 Dec15
PS Ratio
Get a 7-Day Free Trial 0.79 0.54 0.99 0.74 0.49

E-Commerce China Dangdang Quarterly Data
Mar11 Jun11 Sep11 Dec11 Mar12 Jun12 Sep12 Dec12 Mar13 Jun13 Sep13 Dec13 Mar14 Jun14 Sep14 Dec14 Mar15 Jun15 Sep15 Dec15
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 0.74 0.70 0.62 0.40 0.49

Competitive Comparison of E-Commerce China Dangdang's PS Ratio

For the Specialty Retail subindustry, E-Commerce China Dangdang'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.


E-Commerce China Dangdang's PS Ratio Distribution in the Retail - Cyclical Industry

For the Retail - Cyclical industry and Consumer Cyclical sector, E-Commerce China Dangdang's PS Ratio distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where E-Commerce China Dangdang's PS Ratio falls into.



E-Commerce China Dangdang 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.

E-Commerce China Dangdang's PS Ratio for today is calculated as

PS Ratio=Share Price/Revenue per Share (TTM)
=6.63/14.764
=0.45

E-Commerce China Dangdang's Share Price of today is $6.63.
E-Commerce China Dangdang's Revenue per Share for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Dec. 2015 adds up the quarterly data reported by the company within the most recent 12 months, which was $14.76.

* 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.


E-Commerce China Dangdang  (NYSE:DANG) 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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E-Commerce China Dangdang (E-Commerce China Dangdang) Business Description

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E-Commerce China Dangdang Inc is a limited company incorporated on January 7, 2000 and domiciled in the Cayman Islands. The Company is principally engaged in the sales of books, audio-visual products, periodicals, consumer electronics and other general merchandise on the internet. The Company's principal operations and geographic markets are in the People's Republic of China. It is a business-to-consumer, or B2C, e-commerce company in China. As of December 31, 2013, it offered approximately 990,000 book titles on its internet platform, including more than 920,000 Chinese language titles. It offers other media products and selected general merchandise categories on its internet platform, including fashion and apparel beauty and personal care products, home and lifestyle products, and baby, children and maternity products. It also offers the dangdang.com marketplace program, which allows third-party merchants to sell their general merchandise products alongside its products. The Company's competitors include: other B2C e-commerce companies; physical retailers, catalog retailers, publishers, distributors and manufacturers of its products, many of which possess brand recognition, sales volume and customer bases, and some of which currently sell, or in the future may sell, products or services through the internet; a number of indirect competitors, including internet portals and internet search engines that are involved in e-commerce, either directly or in collaboration with other retailers; and providers of electronic books and digital content. As of February 28, 2014, it registered 82 domain names, including dangdang.com, dangdang.com.cn and dangdang.cn, and 74 trademarks and service marks and had 107 trademark applications, 3 patents and 1 patent application pending in China.

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