Yahoo Finance Procore Technologies (NYSE:PCOR) shareholders are up 8.9% this past week, but still in the red over the last year
Passive investing in an index fund is a good way to ensure your own returns roughly match the overall market. But if you buy individual stocks, you can do both better or worse than that. Unfortunately the Procore Technologies, Inc. (NYSE:PCOR) share price slid 44% over twelve months. That falls noticeably short of the market decline of around 10%. Because Procore Technologies hasn't been listed for many years, the market is still learning about how the business performs. Furthermore, it's down 14% in about a quarter. That's not much fun for holders.
On a more encouraging note the company has added US$546m to its market cap in just the last 7 days, so let's see if we can determine what's driven the one-year loss for shareholders.
View our latest analysis for Procore Technologies
Given that Procore Technologies didn't make a profit in the last twelve months, we'll focus on revenue growth to form a quick view of its business development. Generally speaking, companies without profits are expected to grow revenue every year, and at a good clip. As you can imagine, fast revenue growth, when maintained, often leads to fast profit growth.
In the last year Procore Technologies saw its revenue grow by 33%. That's definitely a respectable growth rate. Meanwhile, the share price is down 44% over twelve months, which is disappointing given the progress made. This implies the market was expecting better growth. However, that's in the past now, and it's the future that matters most.
The image below shows how earnings and revenue have tracked over time (if you click on the image you can see greater detail).
Procore Technologies is well known by investors, and plenty of clever analysts have tried to predict the future profit levels. So it makes a lot of sense to check out what analysts think Procore Technologies will earn in the future (free analyst consensus estimates)
A Different Perspective
Procore Technologies shareholders are down 44% for the year, even worse than the market loss of 10%. That's disappointing, but it's worth keeping in mind that the market-wide selling wouldn't have helped. With the stock down 14% over the last three months, the market doesn't seem to believe that the company has solved all its problems. Given the relatively short history of this stock, we'd remain pretty wary until we see some strong business performance. 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. Consider risks, for instance. Every company has them, and we've spotted 4 warning signs for Procore Technologies 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 US exchanges.
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