Yahoo Finance Investors in Gatekeeper Systems (CVE:GSI) have made a incredible return of 576% over the past three years
Gatekeeper Systems Inc. (CVE:GSI) shareholders might be concerned after seeing the share price drop 20% in the last quarter. But that doesn't displace its brilliant performance over three years. The longer term view reveals that the share price is up 576% in that period. So the recent fall doesn't do much to dampen our respect for the business. The only way to form a view of whether the current price is justified is to consider the merits of the business itself. We love happy stories like this one. The company should be really proud of that performance!
Now it's worth having a look at the company's fundamentals too, because that will help us determine if the long term shareholder return has matched the performance of the underlying business.
See our latest analysis for Gatekeeper Systems
To paraphrase Benjamin Graham: Over the short term the market is a voting machine, but over the long term it's a weighing machine. One imperfect but simple way to consider how the market perception of a company has shifted is to compare the change in the earnings per share (EPS) with the share price movement.
During three years of share price growth, Gatekeeper Systems moved from a loss to profitability. Given the importance of this milestone, it's not overly surprising that the share price has increased strongly.
You can see below how EPS has changed over time (discover the exact values by clicking on the image).
Dive deeper into Gatekeeper Systems' key metrics by checking this interactive graph of Gatekeeper Systems's earnings, revenue and cash flow.
A Different Perspective
Gatekeeper Systems shareholders gained a total return of 11% during the year. Unfortunately this falls short of the market return. It's probably a good sign that the company has an even better long term track record, having provided shareholders with an annual TSR of 27% over five years. It's quite possible the business continues to execute with prowess, even as the share price gains are slowing. It's always interesting to track share price performance over the longer term. But to understand Gatekeeper Systems better, we need to consider many other factors. Even so, be aware that Gatekeeper Systems is showing 2 warning signs in our investment analysis , you should know about...
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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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