Yahoo Finance If You Had Bought Softrock Minerals (CVE:SFT) Stock Five Years Ago, You'd Be Sitting On A 60% Loss, Today
Generally speaking long term investing is the way to go. But along the way some stocks are going to perform badly. For example the Softrock Minerals Ltd. (CVE:SFT) share price dropped 60% over five years. We certainly feel for shareholders who bought near the top. And some of the more recent buyers are probably worried, too, with the stock falling 60% in the last year.
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Check out our latest analysis for Softrock Minerals
Softrock Minerals recorded just CA$27,280 in revenue over the last twelve months, which isn't really enough for us to consider it to have a proven product. This state of affairs suggests that venture capitalists won't provide funds on attractive terms. So it seems shareholders are too busy dreaming about the progress to come than dwelling on the current (lack of) revenue. It seems likely some shareholders believe that Softrock Minerals will discover or develop fossil fuel before too long.
We think companies that have neither significant revenues nor profits are pretty high risk. There is usually a significant chance that they will need more money for business development, putting them at the mercy of capital markets. So the share price itself impacts the value of the shares (as it determines the cost of capital). While some such companies go on to make revenue, profits, and generate value, others get hyped up by hopeful naifs before eventually going bankrupt. Some Softrock Minerals investors have already had a taste of the bitterness stocks like this can leave in the mouth.
Our data indicates that Softrock Minerals had CA$79,787 more in total liabilities than it had cash, when it last reported in December 2018. That makes it extremely high risk, in our view. But with the share price diving 17% per year, over 5 years, it's probably fair to say that some shareholders no longer believe the company will succeed. The image below shows how Softrock Minerals's balance sheet has changed over time; if you want to see the precise values, simply click on the image.
It can be extremely risky to invest in a company that doesn't even have revenue. There's no way to know its value easily. What if insiders are ditching the stock hand over fist? It would bother me, that's for sure. You can click here to see if there are insiders selling.
A Different Perspective
Softrock Minerals shareholders are down 60% for the year, but the market itself is up 1.7%. However, keep in mind that even the best stocks will sometimes underperform the market over a twelve month period. Unfortunately, last year's performance may indicate unresolved challenges, given that it was worse than the annualised loss of 17% over the last half decade. 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. Before spending more time on Softrock Minerals it might be wise to click here to see if insiders have been buying or selling shares.
But note: Softrock Minerals may not be the best stock to buy. So take a peek at this free list of interesting companies with past earnings growth (and further growth forecast).
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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