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RWS Holdings (LSE:RWS) PS Ratio

: 0.98 (As of Today)
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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, RWS Holdings's share price is £1.858. RWS Holdings's Revenue per Share for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Sep. 2023 was £1.89. Hence, RWS Holdings's PS Ratio for today is 0.98.

Good Sign:

RWS Holdings PLC stock PS Ratio (=0.95) is close to 10-year low of 0.95

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

LSE:RWS' s PS Ratio Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 0.95   Med: 4.43   Max: 7.55
Current: 0.95

During the past 13 years, RWS Holdings's highest PS Ratio was 7.55. The lowest was 0.95. And the median was 4.43.

LSE:RWS's PS Ratio is ranked better than
53.67% of 1064 companies
in the Business Services industry
Industry Median: 1.065 vs LSE:RWS: 0.95

RWS Holdings's Revenue per Sharefor the six months ended in Sep. 2023 was £0.95. Its Revenue per Share for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Sep. 2023 was £1.89.

Warning Sign:

RWS Holdings PLC revenue growth has slowed down over the past 12 months.

During the past 12 months, the average Revenue per Share Growth Rate of RWS Holdings was -1.40% per year. During the past 3 years, the average Revenue per Share Growth Rate was 13.50% per year. During the past 5 years, the average Revenue per Share Growth Rate was 12.50% per year. During the past 10 years, the average Revenue per Share Growth Rate was 20.60% per year.

During the past 13 years, RWS Holdings's highest 3-Year average Revenue per Share Growth Rate was 35.80% per year. The lowest was -51.90% per year. And the median was 11.80% per year.

Back to Basics: PS Ratio


RWS Holdings PS Ratio Historical Data

The historical data trend for RWS 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.

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RWS Holdings Annual Data
Trend Sep14 Sep15 Sep16 Sep17 Sep18 Sep19 Sep20 Sep21 Sep22 Sep23
PS Ratio
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 4.54 4.37 3.42 1.67 1.27

RWS Holdings Semi-Annual Data
Mar14 Sep14 Mar15 Sep15 Mar16 Sep16 Mar17 Sep17 Mar18 Sep18 Mar19 Sep19 Mar20 Sep20 Mar21 Sep21 Mar22 Sep22 Mar23 Sep23
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 3.42 - 1.67 - 1.27

Competitive Comparison

For the Specialty Business Services subindustry, RWS 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.


RWS Holdings PS Ratio Distribution

For the Business Services industry and Industrials sector, RWS Holdings's PS Ratio distribution charts can be found below:

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



RWS Holdings 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.

RWS Holdings's PS Ratio for today is calculated as

PS Ratio=Share Price/Revenue per Share (TTM)
=1.858/1.89
=0.98

RWS Holdings's Share Price of today is £1.858.
For company reported semi-annually, GuruFocus uses latest annual data as the TTM data. RWS Holdings's Revenue per Share for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Sep. 2023 was £1.89.

* 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.


RWS Holdings  (LSE:RWS) 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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RWS Holdings (LSE:RWS) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
Europa House, Chiltern Park, Chiltern Hill, Chalfont Saint Peter, Buckinghamshire, GBR, SL9 9FG
RWS Holdings PLC is a United Kingdom-based company that provides patent translation, intellectual property, and language support services. The company operates in four reportable segments; Language Services, Regulated Industries, IP Services, and Language, and Content Technology. The majority of revenue is derived from the Language services segment. Geographically, it derives a majority of its revenue from the United States of America, while it also operates in Continental Europe, United States of America and Rest of the world.

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