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Planar Systems (Planar Systems) PS Ratio : 0.73 (As of Apr. 25, 2024)


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What is Planar Systems 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, Planar Systems's share price is $6.58. Planar Systems's Revenue per Share for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Jun. 2015 was $9.02. Hence, Planar Systems's PS Ratio for today is 0.73.

The historical rank and industry rank for Planar Systems's PS Ratio or its related term are showing as below:

PLNR's PS Ratio is not ranked *
in the Hardware industry.
Industry Median: 1.48
* Ranked among companies with meaningful PS Ratio only.

Planar Systems's Revenue per Sharefor the three months ended in Jun. 2015 was $1.91. Its Revenue per Share for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Jun. 2015 was $9.02.

Back to Basics: PS Ratio


Planar Systems PS Ratio Historical Data

The historical data trend for Planar Systems'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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Planar Systems PS Ratio Chart

Planar Systems Annual Data
Trend Sep05 Sep06 Sep07 Sep08 Sep09 Sep10 Sep11 Sep12 Sep13 Sep14
PS Ratio
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 0.25 0.21 0.16 0.23 0.46

Planar Systems Quarterly Data
Sep10 Dec10 Mar11 Jun11 Sep11 Dec11 Mar12 Jun12 Sep12 Dec12 Mar13 Jun13 Sep13 Dec13 Mar14 Jun14 Sep14 Dec14 Mar15 Jun15
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 0.31 0.46 0.94 0.69 0.48

Competitive Comparison of Planar Systems's PS Ratio

For the Electronic Components subindustry, Planar Systems'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.


Planar Systems's PS Ratio Distribution in the Hardware Industry

For the Hardware industry and Technology sector, Planar Systems's PS Ratio distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Planar Systems's PS Ratio falls into.



Planar Systems 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.

Planar Systems's PS Ratio for today is calculated as

PS Ratio=Share Price/Revenue per Share (TTM)
=6.58/9.024
=0.73

Planar Systems's Share Price of today is $6.58.
Planar Systems's Revenue per Share for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Jun. 2015 adds up the quarterly data reported by the company within the most recent 12 months, which was $9.02.

* 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.


Planar Systems  (NAS:PLNR) 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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Planar Systems (Planar Systems) Business Description

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Planar Systems Inc was incorporated on April 27, 1983. The Company is a provider of specialty display products, solutions, and services for customers in a number of end-market segments. Products include display components, completed displays, and display solutions and systems based on a variety of flat panel and front- and rear-projection technologies. The Company capitalizes on its strong supply chain, logistics, and distribution relationships to sell a variety of mainly LCD based displays to the United States marketplace. The Company offers High-End Home Display which offers various high-performance home theater front-projection systems, video processing equipment, large-format thin displays, and accessories, that aims at the high-end home market and certain commercial installations The Company employs sales professionals in many countries around the world and sells both directly to end users and through reseller channels.The Company's direct competitors are numerous and diverse. In display systems including AMLCD components sourced from manufacturers, Planar's value-added specialty display products compete against those of NEC, Acer, Viewsonic, Dell and others in the IT market. The Company's operations are subject to environmental and various other regulations in each of the jurisdictions in which it conducts business.
Executives
Richard Hill director
Harold Hughes director C/O RAMBUS INC., 1050 ENTERPRISE WAY, SUITE 700, SUNNYVALE CA 94089
David Sandberg director 40 SE 5TH STREET, SUITE 502, BOCA RATON FL 33432
Red Oak Partners, Llc director 95 S. FEDERAL HWY, SUITE 201, BOCA RATON FL 33432
Greg Turnbull director 123 SAGLNAW DRIVE, REDWOOD CITY CA 94063
Steven E Wynne director 27700 SW PARKWAY AVENUE, WILSONVILLE OR 97070
Esther Kay Stepp director
Steven J Buhaly officer: COO/CFO 1195 NW LOMPTON DRIVE, BEAVESTON OR 97006
Jeffrey T Siegal officer: Corporate Controller 1195 NW LOMPTON DRIVE, BEAVESTON OR 97006
Balaji Krishnamurthy other: Chairman, President & CEO 1195 NW LOMPTON DRIVE, BEAVESTON OR 97006

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