Yahoo Finance Those Who Purchased Garrett Motion (NYSE:GTX) Shares A Year Ago Have A 33% Loss To Show For It
It's nice to see the Garrett Motion Inc. (NYSE:GTX) share price up 14% in a week. But in truth the last year hasn't been good for the share price. After all, the share price is down 33% in the last year, significantly under-performing the market.
View our latest analysis for Garrett Motion
While markets are a powerful pricing mechanism, share prices reflect investor sentiment, not just underlying business performance. One way to examine how market sentiment has changed over time is to look at the interaction between a company's share price and its earnings per share (EPS).
Garrett Motion managed to increase earnings per share from a loss to a profit, over the last 12 months. We're surprised that the share price is lower given that improvement. If the improved profitability is a sign of things to come, then right now may prove the perfect time to pop this stock on your watchlist.
The image below shows how EPS has tracked over time (if you click on the image you can see greater detail).
It is of course excellent to see how Garrett Motion has grown profits over the years, but the future is more important for shareholders. If you are thinking of buying or selling Garrett Motion stock, you should check out this FREE detailed report on its balance sheet.
A Different Perspective
Given that the market gained 4.4% in the last year, Garrett Motion shareholders might be miffed that they lost 33%. While the aim is to do better than that, it's worth recalling that even great long-term investments sometimes underperform for a year or more. With the stock down 19% 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. Most investors take the time to check the data on insider transactions. You can click here to see if insiders have been buying or selling.
But note: Garrett Motion may not be the best stock to buy. So take a peek at this free list of interesting companies with past earnings growth (and further growth forecast).
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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