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The easiest way to value the XRO share price

Is the Xero Ltd (ASX:XRO) share price cheap? Here are 3 reasons you might want to consider XRO shares.
The Xero Ltd (ASX:XRO) share price has jumped 35.8% since the start of 2024. Is it time that you added XRO shares to your watchlist?

XRO share price in focus

Xero founder Rod Drury started the company in 2006 in Wellington, New Zealand. He led the company until 2018 and remained on the board until 2023. Today, Xero helps millions of people and businesses manage their accounting and tax obligations across the globe.

The cloud-based accounting software developed by Xero is primarily for accountants and bookkeepers to better service their small business customers.

Through Xero, small business owners and their advisors have access to real-time financial data on any device. Xero provides its core cloud accounting software to customers in New Zealand, Australia, the UK and, over the last few years has been working hard to break into the US market.

The case for ASX tech shares

The S&P/ASX200 Info Tech Index (ASX: XIJ) has returned 14.10% per year over the last 5 years. That compares to the average of all ASX sectors of 3.32% over the same period. So, here are some of the reasons that investors have been flocking to ASX tech shares.

High Margins

Technology companies tend to have much better margins than more ‘traditional’ brick-and-mortar businesses. That is, they tend to be more profitable.

The simple reason is that they usually have low marginal costs (like distribution costs) and low overhead costs (things like plant and equipment).

In their last annual report, XRO reported gross margins of 88.20% and an operating margin of 15.10%.

Recurring revenue

The second reason is that a feature of many tech companies is their recurring revenue. You’ve probably heard the term ‘software-as-a-service’ (SaaS) – this is when companies package their software as a service that customers pay for access to on a monthly or annual basis.

This is a great alternative to selling your software as a product (a one-off payment) because it can smooth revenue across the year and make profits more predictable over time.

Global scale

The third reason investors love tech businesses is because of their global reach. If you have a brick-and-mortar business or sell physical products, your potential customer base can be limited by reach, regulation, or logistics. For example, if you sell food items, trying to sell into a foreign market means dealing with packaging rules, biosecurity regulations, and tariffs or quotas.

Software on the other hand can usually be downloaded by anyone with an internet connection at the click of a button. It’s easy to ‘move’ across borders, opening up markets that may not have been available to a product-based business. Basically, a bigger customer pool tends to mean more customers.

XRO share price valuation

As a growth company, one way to put a broad estimate on the XRO share price could be to compare its price-to-sales multiple over time. Currently, Xero Ltd shares have a price-sales ratio of 14.95x, compared to its 5-year average of 18.65x, meaning its shares are trading below their historical average. This could mean that the share price has fallen, or sales have increased. In the case of XRO, revenue has been growing over the last 3 years.

Please keep in mind that context is important – and this is just one valuation technique. Investment decisions can’t just be based on one metric.

The Rask websites offer free online investing courses, created by analysts explaining things like Discounted Cash Flow (DCF) and Dividend Discount Models (DDM). They even include free valuation spreadsheets! Both of these models would be a better way to value the XRO share price.

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