Those who invested in Surgery Partners (NASDAQ:SGRY) three years ago are up 219%

Surgery Partners, Inc. (NASDAQ:SGRY) shareholders might be concerned after seeing the share price drop 25% in the last quarter. But in three years the returns have been great. Indeed, the share price is up a very strong 219% in that time. It's not uncommon to see a share price retrace a bit, after a big gain. If the business can perform well for years to come, then the recent drop could be an opportunity.

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.

View our latest analysis for Surgery Partners

Surgery Partners isn't currently profitable, so most analysts would look to revenue growth to get an idea of how fast the underlying business is growing. When a company doesn't make profits, we'd generally expect to see good revenue growth. Some companies are willing to postpone profitability to grow revenue faster, but in that case one does expect good top-line growth.

In the last 3 years Surgery Partners saw its revenue grow at 5.5% per year. That's not a very high growth rate considering it doesn't make profits. In comparison, the share price rise of 47% per year over the last three years is pretty impressive. We'd need to take a closer look at the revenue and profit trends to see whether the improvements might justify that sort of increase. It may be that the market is pretty optimistic about Surgery Partners if you look to the bottom line.

The graphic below depicts how earnings and revenue have changed over time (unveil the exact values by clicking on the image).

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Balance sheet strength is crucial. It might be well worthwhile taking a look at our free report on how its financial position has changed over time.

A Different Perspective

It's nice to see that Surgery Partners shareholders have received a total shareholder return of 141% over the last year. That's better than the annualised return of 22% over half a decade, implying that the company is doing better recently. Given the share price momentum remains strong, it might be worth taking a closer look at the stock, lest you miss an opportunity. It's always interesting to track share price performance over the longer term. But to understand Surgery Partners better, we need to consider many other factors. Even so, be aware that Surgery Partners is showing 4 warning signs in our investment analysis , and 1 of those makes us a bit uncomfortable...

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 US exchanges.

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