Yahoo Finance Did Changing Sentiment Drive Kindred Biosciences' (NASDAQ:KIN) Share Price Down By 47%?
Kindred Biosciences, Inc. (NASDAQ:KIN) shareholders should be happy to see the share price up 26% in the last month. But in truth the last year hasn't been good for the share price. In fact, the price has declined 47% in a year, falling short of the returns you could get by investing in an index fund.
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Kindred Biosciences isn't currently profitable, so most analysts would look to revenue growth to get an idea of how fast the underlying business is growing. Generally speaking, companies without profits are expected to grow revenue every year, and at a good clip. As you can imagine, fast revenue growth, when maintained, often leads to fast profit growth.
Kindred Biosciences grew its revenue by 116% over the last year. That's well above most other pre-profit companies. Given the revenue growth, the share price drop of 47% seems quite harsh. Our sympathies to shareholders who are now underwater. On the bright side, if this company is moving profits in the right direction, top-line growth like that could be an opportunity. Our monkey brains haven't evolved to think exponentially, so humans do tend to underestimate companies that have exponential growth.
The image below shows how earnings and revenue have tracked over time (if you click on the image you can see greater detail).
Take a more thorough look at Kindred Biosciences's financial health with this free report on its balance sheet.
A Different Perspective
We regret to report that Kindred Biosciences shareholders are down 47% for the year. Unfortunately, that's worse than the broader market decline of 2.3%. However, it could simply be that the share price has been impacted by broader market jitters. It might be worth keeping an eye on the fundamentals, in case there's a good opportunity. Regrettably, last year's performance caps off a bad run, with the shareholders facing a total loss of 7.3% per year over five years. Generally speaking long term share price weakness can be a bad sign, though contrarian investors might want to research the stock in hope of a turnaround. While it is well worth considering the different impacts that market conditions can have on the share price, there are other factors that are even more important. Even so, be aware that Kindred Biosciences is showing 4 warning signs in our investment analysis , you should know about...
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