Yahoo Finance Crombie Real Estate Investment Trust (TSE:CRR.UN) shareholders have earned a 16% CAGR over the last three years
Buying a low-cost index fund will get you the average market return. But if you invest in individual stocks, some are likely to underperform. That's what has happened with the Crombie Real Estate Investment Trust (TSE:CRR.UN) share price. It's up 29% over three years, but that is below the market return. On the other hand, the more recent gain of 20% over a year is certainly pleasing.
Let's take a look at the underlying fundamentals over the longer term, and see if they've been consistent with shareholders returns.
View our latest analysis for Crombie Real Estate Investment Trust
While markets are a powerful pricing mechanism, share prices reflect investor sentiment, not just underlying business performance. One way to examine how market sentiment has changed over time is to look at the interaction between a company's share price and its earnings per share (EPS).
Over the last three years, Crombie Real Estate Investment Trust failed to grow earnings per share, which fell 9.1% (annualized).
So we doubt that the market is looking to EPS for its main judge of the company's value. Given this situation, it makes sense to look at other metrics too.
We doubt the dividend payments explain the share price rise, since we don't see any improvement in that regard. Revenue has been falling at 2.3%, so that isn't exactly encouraging. So it isn't easy to explain why the share price is up - maybe a closer look at revenue and earnings trends could help us understand.
The graphic below depicts how earnings and revenue have changed over time (unveil the exact values by clicking on the image).
It's good to see that there was some significant insider buying in the last three months. That's a positive. That said, we think earnings and revenue growth trends are even more important factors to consider. So we recommend checking out this free report showing consensus forecasts
What About Dividends?
When looking at investment returns, it is important to consider the difference between total shareholder return (TSR) and share price return. The TSR is a return calculation that accounts for the value of cash dividends (assuming that any dividend received was reinvested) and the calculated value of any discounted capital raisings and spin-offs. So for companies that pay a generous dividend, the TSR is often a lot higher than the share price return. We note that for Crombie Real Estate Investment Trust the TSR over the last 3 years was 54%, which is better than the share price return mentioned above. And there's no prize for guessing that the dividend payments largely explain the divergence!
A Different Perspective
It's good to see that Crombie Real Estate Investment Trust has rewarded shareholders with a total shareholder return of 26% in the last twelve months. That's including the dividend. That gain is better than the annual TSR over five years, which is 12%. Therefore it seems like sentiment around the company has been positive lately. In the best case scenario, this may hint at some real business momentum, implying that now could be a great time to delve deeper. It's always interesting to track share price performance over the longer term. But to understand Crombie Real Estate Investment Trust better, we need to consider many other factors. Even so, be aware that Crombie Real Estate Investment Trust is showing 4 warning signs in our investment analysis , and 2 of those make us uncomfortable...
Crombie Real Estate Investment Trust is not the only stock insiders are buying. So take a peek at this free list of growing companies with insider buying.
Please note, the market returns quoted in this article reflect the market weighted average returns of stocks that currently trade on CA exchanges.
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