Everest Medicines Limited (HKG:1952) shareholders won't be pleased to see that the share price has had a very rough month, dropping 26% and undoing the prior period's positive performance. Still, a bad month hasn't completely ruined the past year with the stock gaining 85%, which is great even in a bull market.

Although its price has dipped substantially, Everest Medicines may still be sending strong sell signals at present with a price-to-sales (or "P/S") ratio of 19.5x, when you consider almost half of the companies in the Biotechs industry in Hong Kong have P/S ratios under 7.8x and even P/S lower than 3x aren't out of the ordinary. However, the P/S might be quite high for a reason and it requires further investigation to determine if it's justified.

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How Has Everest Medicines Performed Recently?

Everest Medicines certainly has been doing a good job lately as it's been growing revenue more than most other companies. The P/S is probably high because investors think this strong revenue performance will continue. If not, then existing shareholders might be a little nervous about the viability of the share price.

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What Are Revenue Growth Metrics Telling Us About The High P/S?

Everest Medicines' P/S ratio would be typical for a company that's expected to deliver very strong growth, and importantly, perform much better than the industry.

If we review the last year of revenue growth, we see the company's revenues grew exponentially. Spectacularly, three year revenue growth has also set the world alight, thanks to the last 12 months of incredible growth. Therefore, it's fair to say the revenue growth recently has been superb for the company.

Looking ahead now, revenue is anticipated to climb by 69% per annum during the coming three years according to the six analysts following the company. Meanwhile, the rest of the industry is forecast to only expand by 54% per year, which is noticeably less attractive.

In light of this, it's understandable that Everest Medicines' P/S sits above the majority of other companies. It seems most investors are expecting this strong future growth and are willing to pay more for the stock.

What We Can Learn From Everest Medicines' P/S?

Even after such a strong price drop, Everest Medicines' P/S still exceeds the industry median significantly. While the price-to-sales ratio shouldn't be the defining factor in whether you buy a stock or not, it's quite a capable barometer of revenue expectations.

Our look into Everest Medicines shows that its P/S ratio remains high on the merit of its strong future revenues. Right now shareholders are comfortable with the P/S as they are quite confident future revenues aren't under threat. Unless these conditions change, they will continue to provide strong support to the share price.

Having said that, be aware Everest Medicines is showing 1 warning sign in our investment analysis, you should know about.

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