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, Newport's share price is $5.4098.
Newport's Revenue per Share for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Dec. 2015 was $15.06. Hence, Newport's PS Ratio for today is 0.36.
The historical rank and industry rank for Newport's PS Ratio or its related term are showing as below:
NEWP's PS Ratio is not ranked *
in the Hardware industry.
Industry Median: 1.49 * Ranked among companies with meaningful PS Ratio only.
Newport's Revenue per Sharefor the
three
months ended in Dec. 2015 was $3.78.
Its Revenue per Share for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Dec. 2015 was $15.06.
Back to Basics: PS Ratio
Newport PS Ratio Historical Data
The historical data trend for Newport'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 Scientific & Technical Instruments subindustry, Newport'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.
Newport's PS Ratio Distribution in the Hardware Industry
For the Hardware industry and Technology sector, Newport's PS Ratio distribution charts can be found below:
* The bar in red indicates where Newport's PS Ratio falls into.
Newport 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.
Newport's Share Price of today is $5.4098. Newport's Revenue per Share for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Dec. 2015 adds up the quarterly data reported by the company within the most recent 12 months, which was $15.06.
* 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:
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.
Newport PS Ratio Related Terms
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Newport Corp was established in 1969 as Newport Research Corporation. In 1978, Newport Research Corporation merged into James Dole Corporation, an entity which was incorporated in Nevada in 1938, and the company was renamed Newport Corporation following the merger. The Company is a supplier of advanced technology products and systems to a wide range of industries, including scientific research, microelectronics, defense and security, life and health sciences, and industrial markets. It also provides a broad portfolio of products to customers in these end markets, allowing it to offer them an end-to-end resource for photonics solutions. In January 2013, Company reorganized its operations to create three new operating groups: Photonics Group, Lasers Group and Optics Group. Its Lasers Group is substantially the same as former Lasers Division. Photonics Group is comprised of the photonics products and technologies of former PPT Division and Ophir Division. Optics Group is comprised of the optical components and integrated solutions products and technologies of former PPT Division and Ophir Division. Photonics Group's products and systems are sold to end users in all of target end markets. The products sold by this group include photonics instruments and systems, precision positioning systems and subsystems, vibration isolation systems and subsystems, optical components for research applications, optical hardware, and three-dimensional non-contact measurement sensors and equipment. Lasers Group offers a broad portfolio of laser technology products and services to OEM and end-user customers in all of target end markets. Its lasers and laser-based systems include ultrafast lasers and amplifiers, diode-pumped solid-state lasers, high-energy pulsed lasers, tunable lasers, fiber lasers and gas lasers. Optics Group offers precision optics and lens assemblies, thin-film filters and coatings, replicated mirrors and ruled and holographic diffraction gratings to OEM and end-user customers in target end markets. This business was sold in January 2014. Its competitors include: Coherent, Inc., Sciencetech, Inc., Optometrics Corporation, Corning, Inc., among others. The Company's lasers and laser-based systems are subject to the laser radiation safety regulations of the Radiation Control for Health and Safety Act administered by the Center for Devices and Radiological Health of the United States Food and Drug Administration.
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