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AZ Electronic Materials (FRA:OAZ) PS Ratio : 3.44 (As of Jun. 23, 2024)


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What is AZ Electronic Materials 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, AZ Electronic Materials's share price is €4.91. AZ Electronic Materials's Revenue per Share for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Dec. 2013 was €1.43. Hence, AZ Electronic Materials's PS Ratio for today is 3.44.

Warning Sign:

AZ Electronic Materials SA stock P/S Ratio (=3.32) is close to 5-year high of 3.45

The historical rank and industry rank for AZ Electronic Materials's PS Ratio or its related term are showing as below:

FRA:OAZ' s PS Ratio Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 1.23   Med: 2.27   Max: 3.45
Current: 3.32

During the past 5 years, AZ Electronic Materials's highest PS Ratio was 3.45. The lowest was 1.23. And the median was 2.27.

FRA:OAZ's PS Ratio is not ranked
in the Chemicals industry.
Industry Median: 1.43 vs FRA:OAZ: 3.32

AZ Electronic Materials's Revenue per Sharefor the six months ended in Dec. 2013 was €0.70. Its Revenue per Share for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Dec. 2013 was €1.43.

Warning Sign:

AZ Electronic Materials SA revenue is in decline over the past 12 months.

During the past 12 months, the average Revenue per Share Growth Rate of AZ Electronic Materials was -9.30% per year.

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AZ Electronic Materials PS Ratio Historical Data

The historical data trend for AZ Electronic Materials'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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AZ Electronic Materials PS Ratio Chart

AZ Electronic Materials Annual Data
Trend Dec09 Dec10 Dec11 Dec12 Dec13
PS Ratio
- 1.73 1.80 2.71 3.38

AZ Electronic Materials Semi-Annual Data
Jun11 Dec11 Jun12 Dec12 Jun13 Dec13
PS Ratio Get a 7-Day Free Trial 1.80 - 2.71 - 3.38

Competitive Comparison of AZ Electronic Materials's PS Ratio

For the Specialty Chemicals subindustry, AZ Electronic Materials'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.


AZ Electronic Materials's PS Ratio Distribution in the Chemicals Industry

For the Chemicals industry and Basic Materials sector, AZ Electronic Materials's PS Ratio distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where AZ Electronic Materials's PS Ratio falls into.



AZ Electronic Materials 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.

AZ Electronic Materials's PS Ratio for today is calculated as

PS Ratio=Share Price/Revenue per Share (TTM)
=4.91/1.429
=3.44

AZ Electronic Materials's Share Price of today is €4.91.
For company reported semi-annually, GuruFocus uses latest annual data as the TTM data. AZ Electronic Materials's Revenue per Share for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Dec. 2013 was €1.43.

* 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.


AZ Electronic Materials  (FRA:OAZ) 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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AZ Electronic Materials (FRA:OAZ) Business Description

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AZ Electronic Materials SA is a Luxembourg- based company engaged in producing and supplying specialty chemicals. It focuses on three business areas Integrated Circuits which involves dielectrics, underlayers, yield enhancers, CMP slurries and pattern enhancers, Display Materials and AZ products such as specialty chemicals and materials used in integrated circuits and devise as well as flat panel displays and photolithographic printing.

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