Yahoo Finance Investors Who Bought BlackBerry (TSE:BB) Shares Five Years Ago Are Now Up 54%
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Generally speaking the aim of active stock picking is to find companies that provide returns that are superior to the market average. And in our experience, buying the right stocks can give your wealth a significant boost. For example, the BlackBerry Limited (TSE:BB) share price is up 54% in the last 5 years, clearly besting than the market return of around 4.9% (ignoring dividends).
See our latest analysis for BlackBerry
While markets are a powerful pricing mechanism, share prices reflect investor sentiment, not just underlying business performance. One flawed but reasonable way to assess how sentiment around a company has changed is to compare the earnings per share (EPS) with the share price.
During the last half decade, BlackBerry became profitable. That would generally be considered a positive, so we'd expect the share price to be up.
You can see how EPS has changed over time in the image below (click on the chart to see the exact values).
We know that BlackBerry has improved its bottom line over the last three years, but what does the future have in store? This free interactive report on BlackBerry's balance sheet strength is a great place to start, if you want to investigate the stock further.
A Different Perspective
Investors in BlackBerry had a tough year, with a total loss of 9.0%, against a market gain of about 5.3%. However, keep in mind that even the best stocks will sometimes underperform the market over a twelve month period. Longer term investors wouldn't be so upset, since they would have made 9.0%, each year, over five years. If the fundamental data continues to indicate long term sustainable growth, the current sell-off could be an opportunity worth considering. Most investors take the time to check the data on insider transactions. You can click here to see if insiders have been buying or selling.
Of course, you might find a fantastic investment by looking elsewhere. So take a peek at this free list of companies we expect will 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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