Yahoo Finance If You Had Bought ShaMaran Petroleum (CVE:SNM) Stock Five Years Ago, You'd Be Sitting On A 76% Loss, Today
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Long term investing works well, but it doesn't always work for each individual stock. We don't wish catastrophic capital loss on anyone. For example, we sympathize with anyone who was caught holding ShaMaran Petroleum Corp (CVE:SNM) during the five years that saw its share price drop a whopping 76%.
Check out our latest analysis for ShaMaran Petroleum
Because ShaMaran Petroleum is loss-making, we think the market is probably more focussed on revenue and revenue growth, at least for now. Shareholders of unprofitable companies usually expect strong revenue growth. As you can imagine, fast revenue growth, when maintained, often leads to fast profit growth.
You can see how revenue and earnings have changed over time in the image below, (click on the chart to see cashflow).
If you are thinking of buying or selling ShaMaran Petroleum stock, you should check out this FREE detailed report on its balance sheet.
A Different Perspective
Investors in ShaMaran Petroleum had a tough year, with a total loss of 20%, against a market gain of about 1.4%. Even the share prices of good stocks drop sometimes, but we want to see improvements in the fundamental metrics of a business, before getting too interested. Unfortunately, longer term shareholders are suffering worse, given the loss of 25% doled out over the last five years. We'd need to see some sustained improvements in the key metrics before we could muster much enthusiasm. Before spending more time on ShaMaran Petroleum it might be wise to click here to see if insiders have been buying or selling shares.
If you would prefer to check out another company -- one with potentially superior financials -- then do not miss this free list of companies that have proven they can grow earnings.
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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