A ranking of stocks with low PSRs has been published. The analysis covers 3,448 companies, with the top 20 stocks selected and their stock codes, names and metrics other than PSR also shown.
PSR, or the price-to-sales ratio, is used to measure the relative undervaluation of growth companies that have not yet generated profits. This ranking lists stocks in ascending order of PSR and presents the top 20 among the 3,448 companies covered. Stocks for which financial data could not be obtained are excluded. The article presents figures for each stock, including market capitalization, revenue, operating profit, ROE, ROA and net cash. One point to note is that each metric is assigned classifications that differ by stock, with multiple major, middle-level and minor classifications shown together.
The No. 1 stock is 中外鉱業 (code 1491), with a PSR of 8.2x, PER of 8.2x, PBR of 0.98x, market capitalization of ¥8,243 million, revenue of ¥281,692 million, operating profit of ¥2,445 million, ROE of 17.3%, ROA of 8.6% and net cash of -¥884 million. The No. 2 stock is エコートレーディング (code 7427), with a PSR of 6.6x; its other figures are provided in a separate table. The No. 3 stock is エフテック (code 7212), with a PSR of 16.7x, operating profit of ¥8,405 million, ROE of 8.6% and ROA of 2.6%. In this way, the data for the top 20 stocks is presented in summary form, with each stock's code, name and key metrics listed by ranking.