Yahoo Finance The Hudbay Minerals (TSE:HBM) Share Price Is Down 51% So Some Shareholders Are Wishing They Sold
Hudbay Minerals Inc. (TSE:HBM) shareholders should be happy to see the share price up 13% in the last month. But over the last half decade, the stock has not performed well. After all, the share price is down 51% in that time, significantly under-performing the market.
Check out our latest analysis for Hudbay Minerals
Hudbay Minerals isn't currently profitable, so most analysts would look to revenue growth to get an idea of how fast the underlying business is growing. When a company doesn't make profits, we'd generally expect to see good revenue growth. That's because it's hard to be confident a company will be sustainable if revenue growth is negligible, and it never makes a profit.
In the last half decade, Hudbay Minerals saw its revenue increase by 22% per year. That's well above most other pre-profit companies. In contrast, the share price is has averaged a loss of 13% per year - that's quite disappointing. It's safe to say investor expectations are more grounded now. If you think the company can keep up its revenue growth, you'd have to consider the possibility that there's an opportunity here.
The graphic below depicts how earnings and revenue have changed over time (unveil the exact values by clicking on the image).
We consider it positive that insiders have made significant purchases in the last year. Even so, future earnings will be far more important to whether current shareholders make money. So it makes a lot of sense to check out what analysts think Hudbay Minerals will earn in the future (free profit forecasts).
A Different Perspective
Investors in Hudbay Minerals had a tough year, with a total loss of 24% (including dividends), against a market gain of about 3.1%. However, keep in mind that even the best stocks will sometimes underperform the market over a twelve month period. Regrettably, last year's performance caps off a bad run, with the shareholders facing a total loss of 13% 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. It is all well and good that insiders have been buying shares, but we suggest you check here to see what price insiders were buying at.
There are plenty of other companies that have insiders buying up shares. You probably do not want to miss this free list of growing companies that insiders are buying.
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