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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, Li-Cycle Holdings's share price is $0.09404.
Li-Cycle Holdings's Revenue per Share for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Dec. 2024 was $1.17. Hence, Li-Cycle Holdings's PS Ratio for today is 0.08.
The historical rank and industry rank for Li-Cycle Holdings's PS Ratio or its related term are showing as below:
LICYF's PS Ratio is not ranked *
in the Waste Management industry.
Industry Median: 1.745 * Ranked among companies with meaningful PS Ratio only.
Li-Cycle Holdings (OTCPK:LICYF) 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.
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.
Li-Cycle Holdings PS Ratio Related Terms
Li-Cycle Holdings PS Ratio Historical Data
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The historical data trend for Li-Cycle Holdings'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 Waste Management subindustry, Li-Cycle Holdings'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.
Li-Cycle Holdings PS Ratio vs Waste Management Industry
For the Waste Management industry and Industrials sector, Li-Cycle Holdings's PS Ratio distribution charts can be found below:
* The bar in red indicates where Li-Cycle Holdings's PS Ratio falls into.
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.
Li-Cycle Holdings's Share Price of today is $0.09404. Li-Cycle Holdings's Revenue per Share for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Dec. 2024 adds up the quarterly data reported by the company within the most recent 12 months, which was $1.17.
* 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:
Li-Cycle Holdings (LICYF) has a PS Ratio of 0.08 as of Jul. 26, 2026. Price-to-Sales ratio is the ratio of share price to a company's revenue per share. View historical data on Li-Cycle Holdings and its competitors.
Is Li-Cycle Holdings' PS Ratio too high?
Li-Cycle Holdings' current PS Ratio is 0.08. The Waste Management industry median PS Ratio is 1.75. Li-Cycle Holdings' value of 0.08 is 95.4% below this industry median. Overall, Li-Cycle Holdings has a GF Score™ of 16/100, reflecting its overall financial health beyond just this single metric.
How does Li-Cycle Holdings' PS Ratio compare to SNRG and AQMS?
Li-Cycle Holdings' PS Ratio of 0.08 can be compared against companies in the Waste Management industry. The industry median PS Ratio is 1.75. Li-Cycle Holdings' value of 0.08 is 95.4% below this benchmark. See the competitive comparison table and distribution chart on this page for a detailed peer-by-peer breakdown.
What is a good PS Ratio for a Waste Management company?
The median PS Ratio among Waste Management companies is 1.75, based on 234 companies in the industry. Companies in the top quartile (top 25%) have a PS Ratio significantly above this median, while those in the bottom quartile fall well below. However, PS Ratio should not be evaluated in isolation — investors should consider it alongside profitability, growth, and financial strength metrics. Li-Cycle Holdings's current PS Ratio of 0.08 is 95.4% below the industry median. Use the industry distribution chart on this page to see where any company falls relative to its peers.
What does a high PS Ratio mean?
A high PS Ratio can signal that a stock is expensive relative to its fundamentals. Price-to-Sales ratio is the ratio of share price to a company's revenue per share. View historical data on Li-Cycle Holdings and its competitors. For the Waste Management industry, the median PS Ratio is 1.75 — values significantly above this may indicate overvaluation, while values below may suggest a bargain or underlying issues. Li-Cycle Holdings's current PS Ratio is 0.08. However, context matters — high-growth companies often justify higher valuations. Always evaluate alongside other metrics like GF Score™ and GF Value™.
Is Li-Cycle Holdings stock overvalued right now?
Li-Cycle Holdings (LICYF) has a current PS Ratio of 0.08. The current PS Ratio is 0.08 and 95.4% below the Waste Management industry median of 1.75. Li-Cycle Holdings' overall GF Score™ is 16/100. Investors should evaluate multiple metrics — including profitability, growth, and financial strength — before making a decision.
How is PS Ratio calculated?
PS Ratio is calculated from a company's financial statements. For Li-Cycle Holdings (LICYF), the current PS Ratio is 0.08 as of Jul. 26, 2026. GuruFocus calculates this using data sourced from SEC filings and annual reports. See the calculation section and 30-year financial data on this page for the full breakdown.
Li-Cycle Holdings Corp is a lithium-ion battery resource recovery and lithium-ion battery recycler. The company's proprietary process Spoke and Hub recycling process is designed at its Spokes, to process battery manufacturing scrap and end-of-life batteries to produce black mass and other intermediate products, and at its Hubs, to process black mass to recover raw materials, including but not limited to lithium carbonate, cobalt sulphate, and nickel sulphate.
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