Did Changing Sentiment Drive China-Hongkong Photo Products Holdings's (HKG:1123) Share Price Down A Worrying 59%?
Generally speaking long term investing is the way to go. But along the way some stocks are going to perform badly. Zooming in on an example, the China-Hongkong Photo Products Holdings Limited (HKG:1123) share price dropped 59% in the last half decade. That's not a lot of fun for true believers. And we doubt long term believers are the only worried holders, since the stock price has declined 36% over the last twelve months. Shareholders have had an even rougher run lately, with the share price down 23% in the last 90 days.
View our latest analysis for China-Hongkong Photo Products Holdings
China-Hongkong Photo Products Holdings isn't currently profitable, so most analysts would look to revenue growth to get an idea of how fast the underlying business is growing. Shareholders of unprofitable companies usually expect strong 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 five years China-Hongkong Photo Products Holdings saw its revenue shrink by 0.4% per year. While far from catastrophic that is not good. With neither profit nor revenue growth, the loss of 16% per year doesn't really surprise us. We don't think anyone is rushing to buy this stock. Not that many investors like to invest in companies that are losing money and not growing revenue.
The image below shows how earnings and revenue have tracked over time (if you click on the image you can see greater detail).
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A Different Perspective
While the broader market gained around 2.1% in the last year, China-Hongkong Photo Products Holdings shareholders lost 36%. However, keep in mind that even the best stocks will sometimes underperform the market over a twelve month period. Regrettably, last year's performance caps off a bad run, with the shareholders facing a total loss of 16% per year over five years. We realise that Buffett has said investors should 'buy when there is blood on the streets', but we caution that investors should first be sure they are buying a high quality businesses. You might want to assess this data-rich visualization of its earnings, revenue and cash flow.
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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 HK exchanges.
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