Yahoo Finance Nabaltec (ETR:NTG) shareholders have endured a 39% loss from investing in the stock a year ago
Investors can approximate the average market return by buying an index fund. While individual stocks can be big winners, plenty more fail to generate satisfactory returns. That downside risk was realized by Nabaltec AG (ETR:NTG) shareholders over the last year, as the share price declined 40%. That contrasts poorly with the market return of 6.8%. We note that it has not been easy for shareholders over three years, either; the share price is down 39% in that time. Shareholders have had an even rougher run lately, with the share price down 17% in the last 90 days. This could be related to the recent financial results - you can catch up on the most recent data by reading our company report.
Since shareholders are down over the longer term, lets look at the underlying fundamentals over the that time and see if they've been consistent with returns.
Check out our latest analysis for Nabaltec
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.
Unhappily, Nabaltec had to report a 55% decline in EPS over the last year. This fall in the EPS is significantly worse than the 40% the share price fall. It may have been that the weak EPS was not as bad as some had feared.
The company's earnings per share (over time) is depicted in the image below (click to see the exact numbers).
We know that Nabaltec has improved its bottom line over the last three years, but what does the future have in store? Take a more thorough look at Nabaltec's financial health with this free report on its balance sheet.
A Different Perspective
Investors in Nabaltec had a tough year, with a total loss of 39% (including dividends), against a market gain of about 6.8%. However, keep in mind that even the best stocks will sometimes underperform the market over a twelve month period. Unfortunately, last year's performance may indicate unresolved challenges, given that it was worse than the annualised loss of 6% over the last half decade. We realise that Baron Rothschild has said investors should "buy when there is blood on the streets", but we caution that investors should first be sure they are buying a high quality business. It's always interesting to track share price performance over the longer term. But to understand Nabaltec better, we need to consider many other factors. Take risks, for example - Nabaltec has 3 warning signs we think you should be aware of.
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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 German exchanges.
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