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, Zep's share price is €17.86.
Zep's Revenue per Share for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Feb. 2015 was €24.07. Hence, Zep's PS Ratio for today is 0.74.
Warning Sign:
Zep Inc stock P/S Ratio (=0.65) is close to 3-year high of 0.67
The historical rank and industry rank for Zep's PS Ratio or its related term are showing as below:
FRA:14Z'
s PS Ratio Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 0.27 Med: 0.56 Max: 0.98
Current: 0.65
During the past 11 years, Zep's highest PS Ratio was 0.98. The lowest was 0.27. And the median was 0.56.
FRA:14Z's PS Ratio is not ranked
in the Chemicals industry.
Industry Median: 1.46
vs FRA:14Z: 0.65
Zep's Revenue per Sharefor the
three
months ended in Feb. 2015 was €6.13.
Its Revenue per Share for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Feb. 2015 was €24.07.
Warning Sign:
Zep Inc revenue growth has slowed down over the past 12 months.
During the past 12 months, the average Revenue per Share Growth Rate of Zep was -0.10% per year.
During the past 3 years, the average Revenue per Share Growth Rate was 1.20% per year.
During the past 5 years, the average Revenue per Share Growth Rate was 5.20% per year.
During the past 10 years, the average Revenue per Share Growth Rate was 1.90% per year.
During the past 11 years, Zep's highest 3-Year average Revenue per Share Growth Rate was 7.80% per year. The lowest was -3.90% per year. And the median was 2.15% per year.
Back to Basics: PS Ratio
Zep PS Ratio Historical Data
The historical data trend for Zep'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.
For the Specialty Chemicals subindustry, Zep'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.
Zep's PS Ratio Distribution in the Chemicals Industry
For the Chemicals industry and Basic Materials sector, Zep's PS Ratio distribution charts can be found below:
* The bar in red indicates where Zep's PS Ratio falls into.
Zep 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.
Zep's Share Price of today is €17.86. Zep's Revenue per Share for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Feb. 2015 adds up the quarterly data reported by the company within the most recent 12 months, which was €24.07.
* 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.
Zep PS Ratio Related Terms
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Zep Inc. was founded in 1937. It is a producer, marketer, and service provider of a range of cleaning and maintenance solutions for commercial, industrial, institutional, and consumer end-markets. Zeps product portfolio includes anti-bacterial and industrial hand care products, cleaners, degreasers, deodorizers, disinfectants, floor finishes, sanitizers, and pest and weed control products. It continually refreshes its product portfolio and service offerings. Zep reaches its customers through an experienced, international organization of sales representatives supported by highly skilled marketing, research and development and technical services teams, who collectively provide creative solutions for its customers' diverse cleaning and maintenance needs by utilizing their product expertise and providing customized value added services that it distinguish Zep among its competitors. Through its direct sales organization, Zep provides convenient, highly effective cleaning and maintenance solutions to customers in a broad array of commercial, industrial, and institutional end-markets, including transportation, food processing and service, manufacturing, government, and housekeeping. These customers include government entities and businesses ranging from small sole proprietorships to large corporations. It sells its products to customers mainly in the United States, Canada and Western Europe. Zep markes these products and services under well recognized and established brand names, such as Zep , Zep Commercial, Zep Professional, Enforcer, and Selig. Zep is its flagship brand and represents largest portfolio of cleaning and maintenance solutions for commercial, industrial, and institutional customers needing highly effective product solutions and professional technical support. Zep Commercial provides professional cleaning and plumbing chemical products targeted to contractors and small business owners and are currently sold through The Home Depot, HD Supply and other retailers. Zep Professional was introduced in fiscal year 2009 and represents its portfolio of cleaning and maintenance solutions that are offered to customers in the commercial, industrial, and institutional end-markets who prefer to acquire product through the distribution channel. Selig offers a limited assortment of cleaning solutions targeted to commercial, industrial and institutional customers. It produces a range of cleaning and maintenance solutions for commercial, industrial, institutional, and consumer customers. Zeps commercial, industrial, and institutional customers include government entities and businesses ranging from small sole proprietorships to large corporations as well as distributors. Its sales and service organization covers the United States, Canada, Italy, Belgium, Luxemburg, the Netherlands and certain other smaller markets. It manufactures products at six facilities located in the United States, Canada, the Netherlands, and Italy.The key raw materi
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