Anglo-Eastern Plantations (LON:AEP) Shareholders Have Enjoyed A 41% Share Price Gain

If you want to compound wealth in the stock market, you can do so by buying an index fund. But if you pick the right individual stocks, you could make more than that. For example, the Anglo-Eastern Plantations Plc (LON:AEP) share price is up 41% in the last year, clearly besting the market return of around 27% (not including dividends). If it can keep that out-performance up over the long term, investors will do very well! Unfortunately the longer term returns are not so good, with the stock falling 15% in the last three years.

See our latest analysis for Anglo-Eastern Plantations

While the efficient markets hypothesis continues to be taught by some, it has been proven that markets are over-reactive dynamic systems, and investors are not always rational. 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.

Anglo-Eastern Plantations was able to grow EPS by 97% in the last twelve months. This EPS growth is significantly higher than the 41% increase in the share price. So it seems like the market has cooled on Anglo-Eastern Plantations, despite the growth. Interesting. This cautious sentiment is reflected in its (fairly low) P/E ratio of 11.18.

The company's earnings per share (over time) is depicted in the image below (click to see the exact numbers).

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It might be well worthwhile taking a look at our free report on Anglo-Eastern Plantations' earnings, revenue and cash flow.

A Different Perspective

We're pleased to report that Anglo-Eastern Plantations shareholders have received a total shareholder return of 41% over one year. That's including the dividend. That gain is better than the annual TSR over five years, which is 7%. Therefore it seems like sentiment around the company has been positive lately. In the best case scenario, this may hint at some real business momentum, implying that now could be a great time to delve deeper. It's always interesting to track share price performance over the longer term. But to understand Anglo-Eastern Plantations better, we need to consider many other factors. For instance, we've identified 1 warning sign for Anglo-Eastern Plantations that you should be aware of.

But note: Anglo-Eastern Plantations 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 GB exchanges.

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