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Cision (Cision) PS Ratio : 1.92 (As of May. 05, 2024)


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What is Cision 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, Cision's share price is $9.99. Cision's Revenue per Share for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Sep. 2019 was $5.21. Hence, Cision's PS Ratio for today is 1.92.

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

CISN's PS Ratio is not ranked *
in the Software industry.
Industry Median: 2.29
* Ranked among companies with meaningful PS Ratio only.

Cision's Revenue per Sharefor the three months ended in Sep. 2019 was $1.25. Its Revenue per Share for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Sep. 2019 was $5.21.

Back to Basics: PS Ratio


Cision PS Ratio Historical Data

The historical data trend for Cision'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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Cision PS Ratio Chart

Cision Annual Data
Trend Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18
PS Ratio
- - 1.51 2.06

Cision Quarterly Data
Jul15 Dec15 Mar16 Jun16 Sep16 Dec16 Mar17 Jun17 Sep17 Dec17 Mar18 Jun18 Sep18 Dec18 Mar19 Jun19 Sep19
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 2.97 2.06 2.50 2.21 1.48

Competitive Comparison of Cision's PS Ratio

For the Software - Application subindustry, Cision'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.


Cision's PS Ratio Distribution in the Software Industry

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

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



Cision 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.

Cision's PS Ratio for today is calculated as

PS Ratio=Share Price/Revenue per Share (TTM)
=9.99/5.211
=1.92

Cision's Share Price of today is $9.99.
Cision's Revenue per Share for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Sep. 2019 adds up the quarterly data reported by the company within the most recent 12 months, which was $5.21.

* 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.


Cision  (NYSE:CISN) 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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Cision (Cision) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
N/A
Address
130 East Randolph Street, 7th Floor, Chicago, IL, USA, 60601
Cision Ltd is a media communication technology and analytics company. It has created Cision Communications Cloud, an earned media cloud-based platform. Its solutions also include PR Newswire, Gorkana, PRWeb, Help a Reporter Out (HARO) and iContact.
Executives
David J Krantz director 5445 TRIANGLE PARKWAY, SUITE 400, PEACHTREE CORNERS 2Q 30092
Mark Ein director
L. Dyson Dryden director 305 WEST PENNSYLVANIA AVENUE, TOWSON MD 21204
Susan Vobejda director 130 EAST RANDOLPH STREET, 7TH FLOOR, CHICAGO IL 60601
Stuart J Yarbrough director 303 PERIMETER CENTER NORTH, SUITE 600, ATLANTA GA 30346