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Foresight VCT (LSE:FTV) PS Ratio : 11.13 (As of May. 16, 2024)


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What is Foresight VCT 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, Foresight VCT's share price is £0.79. Foresight VCT's Revenue per Share for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Dec. 2023 was £0.07. Hence, Foresight VCT's PS Ratio for today is 11.13.

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

LSE:FTV' s PS Ratio Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 3.7   Med: 13.2   Max: 38.25
Current: 11.13

During the past 13 years, Foresight VCT's highest PS Ratio was 38.25. The lowest was 3.70. And the median was 13.20.

LSE:FTV's PS Ratio is ranked worse than
59.47% of 1421 companies
in the Asset Management industry
Industry Median: 8.65 vs LSE:FTV: 11.13

Foresight VCT's Revenue per Sharefor the six months ended in Dec. 2023 was £0.04. Its Revenue per Share for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Dec. 2023 was £0.07.

During the past 12 months, the average Revenue per Share Growth Rate of Foresight VCT was 18.00% per year. During the past 3 years, the average Revenue per Share Growth Rate was 53.30% per year. During the past 5 years, the average Revenue per Share Growth Rate was 24.60% per year.

During the past 13 years, Foresight VCT's highest 3-Year average Revenue per Share Growth Rate was 82.30% per year. The lowest was -53.80% per year. And the median was 2.00% per year.

Back to Basics: PS Ratio


Foresight VCT PS Ratio Historical Data

The historical data trend for Foresight VCT'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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Foresight VCT PS Ratio Chart

Foresight VCT Annual Data
Trend Dec14 Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23
PS Ratio
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 18.65 29.75 3.83 12.54 10.90

Foresight VCT Semi-Annual Data
Jun14 Dec14 Jun15 Dec15 Jun16 Dec16 Jun17 Dec17 Jun18 Dec18 Jun19 Dec19 Jun20 Dec20 Jun21 Dec21 Jun22 Dec22 Jun23 Dec23
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 Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 3.83 - 12.54 - 10.90

Competitive Comparison of Foresight VCT's PS Ratio

For the Asset Management subindustry, Foresight VCT'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.


Foresight VCT's PS Ratio Distribution in the Asset Management Industry

For the Asset Management industry and Financial Services sector, Foresight VCT's PS Ratio distribution charts can be found below:

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



Foresight VCT 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.

Foresight VCT's PS Ratio for today is calculated as

PS Ratio=Share Price/Revenue per Share (TTM)
=0.79/0.071
=11.13

Foresight VCT's Share Price of today is £0.79.
For company reported semi-annually, GuruFocus uses latest annual data as the TTM data. Foresight VCT's Revenue per Share for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Dec. 2023 was £0.07.

* 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.


Foresight VCT  (LSE:FTV) 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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Foresight VCT (LSE:FTV) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
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Address
32 London Bridge Street, The Shard, London, GBR, SE1 9SG
Foresight VCT PLC is a UK-based venture capital trust. The company's activity is to make investments in unquoted or alternative investment market listed companies in the UK. The investment objective of the company is to provide private investors with regular dividends and maintained capital value from a portfolio of investments in fast-growing unquoted companies in the United Kingdom. The company invests in a range of securities including, but not limited to, ordinary and preference shares, loan stock, convertible securities, fixed-interest securities, and cash.