Grid Dynamics Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ:GDYN) shares have had a horrible month, losing 30% after a relatively good period beforehand. Looking at the bigger picture, even after this poor month the stock is up 35% in the last year.

In spite of the heavy fall in price, you could still be forgiven for thinking Grid Dynamics Holdings is a stock not worth researching with a price-to-sales ratios (or "P/S") of 4x, considering almost half the companies in the United States' IT industry have P/S ratios below 2.8x. Nonetheless, we'd need to dig a little deeper to determine if there is a rational basis for the elevated P/S.

What Does Grid Dynamics Holdings' Recent Performance Look Like?

Grid Dynamics Holdings certainly has been doing a good job lately as it's been growing revenue more than most other companies. It seems that many are expecting the strong revenue performance to persist, which has raised the P/S. You'd really hope so, otherwise you're paying a pretty hefty price for no particular reason.

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Is There Enough Revenue Growth Forecasted For Grid Dynamics Holdings?

There's an inherent assumption that a company should outperform the industry for P/S ratios like Grid Dynamics Holdings' to be considered reasonable.

Taking a look back first, we see that the company managed to grow revenues by a handy 12% last year. The latest three year period has also seen an excellent 66% overall rise in revenue, aided somewhat by its short-term performance. Accordingly, shareholders would have definitely welcomed those medium-term rates of revenue growth.

Looking ahead now, revenue is anticipated to climb by 19% per year during the coming three years according to the five analysts following the company. With the industry only predicted to deliver 12% per year, the company is positioned for a stronger revenue result.

In light of this, it's understandable that Grid Dynamics Holdings' P/S sits above the majority of other companies. Apparently shareholders aren't keen to offload something that is potentially eyeing a more prosperous future.

What We Can Learn From Grid Dynamics Holdings' P/S?

Despite the recent share price weakness, Grid Dynamics Holdings' P/S remains higher than most other companies in the industry. Generally, our preference is to limit the use of the price-to-sales ratio to establishing what the market thinks about the overall health of a company.

We've established that Grid Dynamics Holdings maintains its high P/S on the strength of its forecasted revenue growth being higher than the the rest of the IT industry, as expected. 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.

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