EV/Sales

EV / revenue — takes the slot above when there is no operating profit worth dividing into

One of the 61 measures in Stock Scorer, under Valuation — What does the price ask for what the company earns, owns and pays out?

How it is worked out

Enterprise value ÷ revenue

The same price measured against sales rather than profit, used only when there is no operating profit to divide into. It says nothing about whether those sales are profitable, which is why it takes the slot above rather than sitting beside it.

How to read it

3x earns a 10, 30x a 1

Which figures it needs

Computed from 7 figures taken from the filing:

• revenue
• debt_long
• debt_short
• finance_lease_long
• finance_lease_short
• cash
• short_term_investments

The XBRL tags behind it

These are the element names looked for in a filing, in order. The first one a company reports is the one used, and the company page names which it was — so any figure here can be checked against the filing it came from.

• RevenueFromContractWithCustomerExcludingAssessedTax
• Revenues
• RevenueFromContractWithCustomerIncludingAssessedTax
• SalesRevenueNet
• SalesRevenueServicesNet
• RevenueFromContractsWithCustomers
• Revenue
• LongTermDebtAndCapitalLeaseObligations
• LongTermDebtNoncurrent
• LongTermDebt
• NotesPayableNoncurrent
• LongTermDebtAndCapitalLeaseObligationsCurrent
• LongTermDebtCurrent
• DebtCurrent
• ShortTermBorrowings
• NotesPayableCurrent
• FinanceLeaseLiabilityNoncurrent
• FinanceLeaseLiabilityCurrent
• CashAndCashEquivalentsAtCarryingValue
• CashCashEquivalentsRestrictedCashAndRestrictedCashEquivalents
• CashAndCashEquivalents
• ShortTermInvestments
• AvailableForSaleSecuritiesDebtSecuritiesCurrent
• MarketableSecuritiesCurrent
• OtherShortTermInvestments
• OtherCurrentFinancialAssets

Whether it counts

This measure is counted in Valuation by default. It can be taken out on the dashboard, and the dimension is then measured over whatever is left.