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, Acacia Research's share price is $4.50.
Acacia Research's Revenue per Share for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Sep. 2024 was $1.66. Hence, Acacia Research's PS Ratio for today is 2.71.
Good Sign:
Acacia Research Corp stock PS Ratio (=2.73) is close to 1-year low of 2.67
The historical rank and industry rank for Acacia Research's PS Ratio or its related term are showing as below:
ACTG'
s PS Ratio Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 1.14 Med: 2.75 Max: 24.94
Current: 2.72
During the past 13 years, Acacia Research's highest PS Ratio was 24.94. The lowest was 1.14. And the median was 2.75.
ACTG's PS Ratio is ranked worse than 61.72% of 2965
companies
in the Industrial Products industry
Industry Median: 1.85
vs ACTG: 2.72
During the past 12 months, the average Revenue per Share Growth Rate of Acacia Research was 130.30% per year.
During the past 3 years, the average Revenue per Share Growth Rate was 37.70% per year.
During the past 5 years, the average Revenue per Share Growth Rate was 8.20% per year.
During the past 10 years, the average Revenue per Share Growth Rate was -12.40% per year.
During the past 13 years, Acacia Research's highest 3-Year average Revenue per Share Growth Rate was 616.30% per year. The lowest was -65.00% per year. And the median was 2.70% per year.
Back to Basics: PS Ratio
Acacia Research PS Ratio Historical Data
The historical data trend for Acacia Research'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 Acacia Research's PS Ratio
For the Business Equipment & Supplies subindustry, Acacia Research'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.
Acacia Research's PS Ratio Distribution in the Industrial Products Industry
For the Industrial Products industry and Industrials sector, Acacia Research's PS Ratio distribution charts can be found below:
* The bar in red indicates where Acacia Research's PS Ratio falls into.
Acacia Research 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.
Acacia Research's Share Price of today is $4.50. Acacia Research's Revenue per Share for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Sep. 2024 adds up the quarterly data reported by the company within the most recent 12 months, which was $1.66.
* 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.
Acacia Research PS Ratio Related Terms
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Acacia Research Corp is focused on acquiring and operating businesses across the industrial, energy, and technology sectors where it believes it can leverage its expertise, significant capital base, and deep industry relationships to drive value. Acacia evaluates opportunities based on the attractiveness of the underlying cash flows, without regard to a specific investment horizon. Acacia operates its businesses based on three key principles of people, process, and performance and has built a management team with demonstrated expertise in research, transactions and execution, and operations and management.
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