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Shanda Games (Shanda Games) PS Ratio : 1.79 (As of Apr. 29, 2024)


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What is Shanda Games 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, Shanda Games's share price is $3.96. Shanda Games's Revenue per Share for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Dec. 2014 was $2.21. Hence, Shanda Games's PS Ratio for today is 1.79.

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

GAME's PS Ratio is not ranked *
in the Interactive Media industry.
Industry Median: 1.93
* Ranked among companies with meaningful PS Ratio only.

Shanda Games's Revenue per Sharefor the six months ended in Dec. 2014 was $2.21. Its Revenue per Share for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Dec. 2014 was $2.21.

Back to Basics: PS Ratio


Shanda Games PS Ratio Historical Data

The historical data trend for Shanda Games'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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Shanda Games PS Ratio Chart

Shanda Games Annual Data
Trend Dec07 Dec08 Dec09 Dec10 Dec11 Dec12 Dec13 Dec14
PS Ratio
Get a 7-Day Free Trial 2.71 1.33 1.11 1.72 2.57

Shanda Games Semi-Annual Data
Dec07 Dec08 Dec09 Dec10 Dec11 Dec12 Dec13 Dec14
PS Ratio Get a 7-Day Free Trial 2.71 1.33 1.11 1.72 2.57

Competitive Comparison of Shanda Games's PS Ratio

For the Electronic Gaming & Multimedia subindustry, Shanda Games'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.


Shanda Games's PS Ratio Distribution in the Interactive Media Industry

For the Interactive Media industry and Communication Services sector, Shanda Games's PS Ratio distribution charts can be found below:

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



Shanda Games 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.

Shanda Games's PS Ratio for today is calculated as

PS Ratio=Share Price/Revenue per Share (TTM)
=3.96/2.212
=1.79

Shanda Games's Share Price of today is $3.96.
For company reported annually, GuruFocus uses latest annual data as the TTM data. Shanda Games's Revenue per Share for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Dec. 2014 was $2.21.

* 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.


Shanda Games  (NAS:GAME) 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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Shanda Games (Shanda Games) Business Description

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Shanda Games Ltd was incorporated in the Cayman Islands on June 12, 2008. The Company is an online game company in China in terms of the size, diversity of its game portfolio, game revenues and game player base. It completed its initial public offering on September 30, 2009. It develop and source a broad array of game content through multiple channels, including in-house development, licensing, investment, acquisition, joint development and joint operation. As of March 31, 2015, it operated 35 MMO games and 29 mobile games in China and certain overseas markets. The games operated by the Company are: Mir II, BNB, Woool, Legend of Immortals, Age of Wushu, among others. It competes with other online game developers and operators in China, including Tencent Holdings Limited, NetEase, Inc., Changyou.com Limited, Perfect World Co., Ltd., Giant Interactive, Kingsoft, KongZhong Corporation, NetDragon Websoft, Inc. and The9 Limited.