Yahoo Finance Investors Who Bought Dexin China Holdings (HKG:2019) Shares A Year Ago Are Now Down 12%
You can invest in an index fund if you want to make sure your returns approximately match the overall market. In contrast individual stocks will provide a wide range of possible returns, and may fall short. For example, that's what happened with Dexin China Holdings Company Limited (HKG:2019) over the last year - it's share price is down 12% versus a market decline of 7.6%. We wouldn't rush to judgement on Dexin China Holdings because we don't have a long term history to look at. The silver lining is that the stock is up 2.4% in about a week.
Check out our latest analysis for Dexin China Holdings
While the efficient markets hypothesis continues to be taught by some, it has been proven that markets are over-reactive dynamic systems, and investors are not always rational. 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.
Unfortunately Dexin China Holdings reported an EPS drop of 16% for the last year. This fall in the EPS is significantly worse than the 12% the share price fall. So the market may not be too worried about the EPS figure, at the moment -- or it may have expected earnings to drop faster.
The image below shows how EPS has tracked over time (if you click on the image you can see greater detail).
We like that insiders have been buying shares in the last twelve months. Even so, future earnings will be far more important to whether current shareholders make money. This free interactive report on Dexin China Holdings's earnings, revenue and cash flow is a great place to start, if you want to investigate the stock further.
What About Dividends?
When looking at investment returns, it is important to consider the difference between total shareholder return (TSR) and share price return. The TSR is a return calculation that accounts for the value of cash dividends (assuming that any dividend received was reinvested) and the calculated value of any discounted capital raisings and spin-offs. Arguably, the TSR gives a more comprehensive picture of the return generated by a stock. In the case of Dexin China Holdings, it has a TSR of -8.4% for the last year. That exceeds its share price return that we previously mentioned. And there's no prize for guessing that the dividend payments largely explain the divergence!
A Different Perspective
We doubt Dexin China Holdings shareholders are happy with the loss of 8.4% over twelve months (even including dividends) . That falls short of the market, which lost 7.6%. There's no doubt that's a disappointment, but the stock may well have fared better in a stronger market. With the stock down 1.3% over the last three months, the market doesn't seem to believe that the company has solved all its problems. Basically, most investors should be wary of buying into a poor-performing stock, unless the business itself has clearly improved. While it is well worth considering the different impacts that market conditions can have on the share price, there are other factors that are even more important. Take risks, for example - Dexin China Holdings has 2 warning signs (and 1 which is potentially serious) we think you should know about.
Dexin China Holdings is not the only stock insiders are buying. So take a peek at this free list of growing companies with insider buying.
Please note, the market returns quoted in this article reflect the market weighted average returns of stocks that currently trade on HK exchanges.
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