Yahoo Finance Introducing Harvest One Cannabis (CVE:HVT), The Stock That Dropped 14% In The Last Year
Passive investing in an index fund is a good way to ensure your own returns roughly match the overall market. Active investors aim to buy stocks that vastly outperform the market - but in the process, they risk under-performance. For example, the Harvest One Cannabis Inc. (CVE:HVT) share price is down 14% in the last year. That falls noticeably short of the market return of around -1.5%. Because Harvest One Cannabis hasn't been listed for many years, the market is still learning about how the business performs. It's down 33% in about a quarter.
Check out our latest analysis for Harvest One Cannabis
Harvest One Cannabis isn't a profitable company, so it is unlikely we'll see a strong correlation between its share price and its earnings per share (EPS). Arguably revenue is our next best option. Shareholders of unprofitable companies usually expect strong revenue growth. Some companies are willing to postpone profitability to grow revenue faster, but in that case one does expect good top-line growth.
Harvest One Cannabis grew its revenue by 3115% over the last year. That's a strong result which is better than most other loss making companies. Given the revenue growth, the share price drop of 14% 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 brains have evolved to think in linear fashion, so there's value in learning to recognize exponential growth. We are, in some ways, simply the wisest of the monkeys.
The image below shows how earnings and revenue have tracked over time (if you click on the image you can see greater detail).
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. If you are thinking of buying or selling Harvest One Cannabis stock, you should check out this free report showing analyst profit forecasts.
A Different Perspective
Harvest One Cannabis shareholders are down 14% for the year, even worse than the market loss of 1.5%. That's disappointing, but it's worth keeping in mind that the market-wide selling wouldn't have helped. It's worth noting that the last three months did the real damage, with a 33% decline. This probably signals that the business has recently disappointed shareholders - it will take time to win them back. Investors who like to make money usually check up on insider purchases, such as the price paid, and total amount bought. You can find out about the insider purchases of Harvest One Cannabis by clicking this link.
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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