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Gulf Investment Fund (LSE:GIFS) PS Ratio : 3.77 (As of May. 21, 2024)


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What is Gulf Investment Fund 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, Gulf Investment Fund's share price is $2.41. Gulf Investment Fund's Revenue per Share for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Dec. 2023 was $0.64. Hence, Gulf Investment Fund's PS Ratio for today is 3.77.

The historical rank and industry rank for Gulf Investment Fund's PS Ratio or its related term are showing as below:

LSE:GIFS' s PS Ratio Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 2.92   Med: 5.98   Max: 78.46
Current: 3.77

During the past 13 years, Gulf Investment Fund's highest PS Ratio was 78.46. The lowest was 2.92. And the median was 5.98.

LSE:GIFS's PS Ratio is ranked better than
77.09% of 1423 companies
in the Asset Management industry
Industry Median: 8.75 vs LSE:GIFS: 3.77

Gulf Investment Fund's Revenue per Sharefor the six months ended in Dec. 2023 was $0.22. Its Revenue per Share for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Dec. 2023 was $0.64.

During the past 12 months, the average Revenue per Share Growth Rate of Gulf Investment Fund was 214.80% per year.

During the past 13 years, Gulf Investment Fund's highest 3-Year average Revenue per Share Growth Rate was 131.80% per year. The lowest was -14.20% per year. And the median was 13.85% per year.

Back to Basics: PS Ratio


Gulf Investment Fund PS Ratio Historical Data

The historical data trend for Gulf Investment Fund'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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Gulf Investment Fund PS Ratio Chart

Gulf Investment Fund Annual Data
Trend Jun14 Jun15 Jun16 Jun17 Jun18 Jun19 Jun20 Jun21 Jun22 Jun23
PS Ratio
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 6.18 - 3.02 5.64 5.63

Gulf Investment Fund Semi-Annual Data
Jun14 Dec14 Jun15 Dec15 Jun16 Dec16 Jun17 Dec17 Jun18 Dec18 Jun19 Dec19 Jun20 Dec20 Jun21 Dec21 Jun22 Dec22 Jun23 Dec23
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 - 5.64 - 5.63 -

Competitive Comparison of Gulf Investment Fund's PS Ratio

For the Asset Management subindustry, Gulf Investment Fund'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.


Gulf Investment Fund's PS Ratio Distribution in the Asset Management Industry

For the Asset Management industry and Financial Services sector, Gulf Investment Fund's PS Ratio distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Gulf Investment Fund's PS Ratio falls into.



Gulf Investment Fund 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.

Gulf Investment Fund's PS Ratio for today is calculated as

PS Ratio=Share Price/Revenue per Share (TTM)
=2.41/0.639
=3.77

Gulf Investment Fund's Share Price of today is $2.41.
For company reported semi-annually, GuruFocus uses latest annual data as the TTM data. Gulf Investment Fund's Revenue per Share for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Dec. 2023 was $0.64.

* 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.


Gulf Investment Fund  (LSE:GIFS) 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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Gulf Investment Fund (LSE:GIFS) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
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Address
54-62 Athol Street, Exchange House, Douglas, IMN, IM1 1JD
Gulf Investment Fund PLC is a closed-ended investment company. Its investment objective is to capture, through the medium of the Qatar Exchange, the opportunities for growth offered by the expanding Qatari economy by investing in listed companies or companies soon to be listed. The company's segmental operation comprises the investment in a portfolio of equity securities in the GCC region.

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