BingEx Limited (NASDAQ:FLX) Stock's 72% Dive Might Signal An Opportunity But It Requires Some Scrutiny

BingEx Limited (NASDAQ:FLX) shareholders that were waiting for something to happen have been dealt a blow with a 72% share price drop in the last month. To make matters worse, the recent drop has wiped out a year's worth of gains with the share price now back where it started a year ago.

Although its price has dipped substantially, it's still not a stretch to say that BingEx's price-to-sales (or "P/S") ratio of 0.3x right now seems quite "middle-of-the-road" compared to the Logistics industry in the United States, where the median P/S ratio is around 0.6x. While this might not raise any eyebrows, if the P/S ratio is not justified investors could be missing out on a potential opportunity or ignoring looming disappointment.

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How BingEx Has Been Performing

For example, consider that BingEx's financial performance has been poor lately as its revenue has been in decline. Perhaps investors believe the recent revenue performance is enough to keep in line with the industry, which is keeping the P/S from dropping off. If not, then existing shareholders may be a little nervous about the viability of the share price.

Do Revenue Forecasts Match The P/S Ratio?

In order to justify its P/S ratio, BingEx would need to produce growth that's similar to the industry.

In reviewing the last year of financials, we were disheartened to see the company's revenues fell to the tune of 1.3%. However, a few very strong years before that means that it was still able to grow revenue by an impressive 47% in total over the last three years. So we can start by confirming that the company has generally done a very good job of growing revenue over that time, even though it had some hiccups along the way.

This is in contrast to the rest of the industry, which is expected to grow by 1.1% over the next year, materially lower than the company's recent medium-term annualised growth rates.

With this information, we find it interesting that BingEx is trading at a fairly similar P/S compared to the industry. It may be that most investors are not convinced the company can maintain its recent growth rates.

The Bottom Line On BingEx's P/S

Following BingEx's share price tumble, its P/S is just clinging on to the industry median P/S. 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.

We didn't quite envision BingEx's P/S sitting in line with the wider industry, considering the revenue growth over the last three-year is higher than the current industry outlook. There could be some unobserved threats to revenue preventing the P/S ratio from matching this positive performance. While recent revenue trends over the past medium-term suggest that the risk of a price decline is low, investors appear to see the likelihood of revenue fluctuations in the future.

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

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