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Alten (STU:AN3) PS Ratio : 0.67 (As of Dec. 12, 2024)


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What is Alten 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, Alten's share price is €79.35. Alten's Revenue per Share for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Jun. 2024 was €119.07. Hence, Alten's PS Ratio for today is 0.67.

Good Sign:

Alten stock PS Ratio (=0.69) is close to 10-year low of 0.64

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

STU:AN3' s PS Ratio Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 0.64   Med: 1.33   Max: 2.25
Current: 0.66

During the past 13 years, Alten's highest PS Ratio was 2.25. The lowest was 0.64. And the median was 1.33.

STU:AN3's PS Ratio is ranked better than
82.01% of 2735 companies
in the Software industry
Industry Median: 2.35 vs STU:AN3: 0.66

Alten's Revenue per Sharefor the six months ended in Jun. 2024 was €60.32. Its Revenue per Share for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Jun. 2024 was €119.07.

Warning Sign:

Alten revenue growth has slowed down over the past 12 months.

During the past 12 months, the average Revenue per Share Growth Rate of Alten was 3.30% per year. During the past 3 years, the average Revenue per Share Growth Rate was 20.00% per year. During the past 5 years, the average Revenue per Share Growth Rate was 12.40% per year. During the past 10 years, the average Revenue per Share Growth Rate was 11.70% per year.

During the past 13 years, Alten's highest 3-Year average Revenue per Share Growth Rate was 28.50% per year. The lowest was 5.10% per year. And the median was 11.80% per year.

Back to Basics: PS Ratio


Alten PS Ratio Historical Data

The historical data trend for Alten'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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Alten PS Ratio Chart

Alten Annual Data
Trend Dec14 Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23
PS Ratio
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 1.45 1.36 1.87 1.07 1.14

Alten Semi-Annual Data
Dec14 Jun15 Dec15 Jun16 Dec16 Jun17 Dec17 Jun18 Dec18 Jun19 Dec19 Jun20 Dec20 Jun21 Dec21 Jun22 Dec22 Jun23 Dec23 Jun24
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 - 1.07 - 1.14 -

Competitive Comparison of Alten's PS Ratio

For the Information Technology Services subindustry, Alten'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.


Alten's PS Ratio Distribution in the Software Industry

For the Software industry and Technology sector, Alten's PS Ratio distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Alten's PS Ratio falls into.



Alten 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.

Alten's PS Ratio for today is calculated as

PS Ratio=Share Price/Revenue per Share (TTM)
=79.35/119.073
=0.67

Alten's Share Price of today is €79.35.
For company reported semi-annually, GuruFocus uses latest annual data as the TTM data. Alten's Revenue per Share for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Jun. 2024 was €119.07.

* 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:

PS Ratio=Market Cap/Revenue

The Revenue here is for the trailing 12 months.


Alten  (STU:AN3) 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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Alten Business Description

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Address
40, avenue Andre-Morizet, Boulogne-Billancourt Cedex, Paris, FRA, 92513
Alten is an engineering and technology consulting firm. The company provides design and research projects for the technical and information systems divisions of corporate clients in the industrial, telecommunications, and service sectors. Alten's business consists of three operating segments: engineering and technology consulting; telecoms and networks; and information systems. The engineering and technology consulting segment contributes the majority of group revenue. Alten generates approximately half of its revenue in France with most of the balance derived in other European countries.

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