Yahoo Finance What Are The Total Returns Earned By Shareholders Of SYNNEX (NYSE:SNX) On Their Investment?
While not a mind-blowing move, it is good to see that the SYNNEX Corporation (NYSE:SNX) share price has gained 24% in the last three months. But that doesn't change the fact that the returns over the last year have been less than pleasing. In fact, the price has declined 27% in a year, falling short of the returns you could get by investing in an index fund.
See our latest analysis for SYNNEX
To quote Buffett, 'Ships will sail around the world but the Flat Earth Society will flourish. There will continue to be wide discrepancies between price and value in the marketplace...' 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.
Even though the SYNNEX share price is down over the year, its EPS actually improved. It's quite possible that growth expectations may have been unreasonable in the past.
It seems quite likely that the market was expecting higher growth from the stock. But other metrics might shed some light on why the share price is down.
With a low yield of 0.8% we doubt that the dividend influences the share price much. SYNNEX managed to grow revenue over the last year, which is usually a real positive. Since the fundamental metrics don't readily explain the share price drop, there might be an opportunity if the market has overreacted.
The company's revenue and earnings (over time) are depicted in the image below (click to see the exact numbers).
We consider it positive that insiders have made significant purchases in the last year. Having said that, most people consider earnings and revenue growth trends to be a more meaningful guide to the business. This free report showing analyst forecasts should help you form a view on SYNNEX
What About Dividends?
When looking at investment returns, it is important to consider the difference between total shareholder return (TSR) and share price return. The TSR is a return calculation that accounts for the value of cash dividends (assuming that any dividend received was reinvested) and the calculated value of any discounted capital raisings and spin-offs. It's fair to say that the TSR gives a more complete picture for stocks that pay a dividend. In the case of SYNNEX, it has a TSR of 46% for the last year. That exceeds its share price return that we previously mentioned. And there's no prize for guessing that the dividend payments largely explain the divergence!
A Different Perspective
SYNNEX shareholders have received returns of 46% over twelve months (even including dividends), which isn't far from the general market return. That gain looks pretty satisfying, and it is even better than the five-year TSR of 15% per year. Even if the share price growth slows down from here, there's a good chance that this is business worth watching in the long term. It's always interesting to track share price performance over the longer term. But to understand SYNNEX better, we need to consider many other factors. Even so, be aware that SYNNEX is showing 4 warning signs in our investment analysis , and 1 of those is concerning...
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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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