The Price/Sales of 3M India Limited is 7.14
Price to sales ratio is a company’s stock price compared to its revenues.
ttm (trailing twelve months)
The price to sales ratio, Price/Sales ratio, P/S ratio, or PSR, is a valuation metric for stocks. It is calculated by dividing the company's market cap by the revenue in the most recent year. It can also be calculated by dividing the per-share stock price by per-share revenue. The price to sales ratio is for trailing twelve months so the reported sales are for the four previous quarters. Longer time periods can be examined at times.
A smaller price to sales ratio is usually thought to be a better investment since the investor is paying less for each unit of sales. However, sales do not reveal the whole picture, as the company may be unprofitable with a low P/S ratio. Because of the limitations, this ratio is usually used only for unprofitable companies, since they don't have a price to earnings ratio (P/E ratio). The metric can be used to determine the value of a stock relative to its past performance. It may also be used to determine relative valuation of a sector or the market as a whole.
Price to sales ratios vary greatly between sectors, so they are most useful in comparing similar stocks within a sector or sub-sector. Comparing P/S ratios carries the implicit assumption that all firms in the comparison have an identical capital structure.
3M India Limited engages in the manufacture and trade of various products for health care, manufacturing, automotive, safety, electronics, energy, commercial solutions, transportation, and design and construction industries in India. The company operates through four segments: Safety and Industrial, Transportation and Electronics, Health Care, and Consumer. The Safety and Industrial segment offers vinyl, polyester, foil, and specialty industrial tapes and adhesives, such as scotch masking tapes, scotch filament and packaging tapes, functional and decorative graphics, abrasion-resistant films, masking tapes, and other specialty materials. This segment serves industrial, electrical, and safety markets. The Health Care segment provides medical and surgical supplies; medical devices; skin and wound care, as well as infection prevention products and solutions; drug delivery systems; dental and orthodontic products; and food safety products. The Transportation and Electronics segment offers personal protection products, brand and asset protection solutions, border control products, passive fire protection products for industries and commercial establishments, track and trace products, and cleaning and hygiene products for the hospitality industry. The Consumer segment provides home improvement, stationery and office supplies, home care, and consumer health care. This segment also includes retail auto care product lines, such as office supply, stationery, home improvement (do-it-yourself), home care, protective material, consumer retail personal safety, and consumer healthcare products. The company also exports its products. The company was incorporated in 1987 and is based in Bengaluru, India. 3M India Limited operates as a subsidiary of 3M Company.