Did You Manage To Avoid MMP Industries's (NSE:MMP) 16% Share Price Drop?
It's easy to match the overall market return by buying an index fund. While individual stocks can be big winners, plenty more fail to generate satisfactory returns. Investors in MMP Industries Limited (NSE:MMP) have tasted that bitter downside in the last year, as the share price dropped 16%. That's disappointing when you consider the market returned 7.8%. We wouldn't rush to judgement on MMP Industries because we don't have a long term history to look at. It's down 4.2% in the last seven days.
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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 imperfect but simple way to consider how the market perception of a company has shifted is to compare the change in the earnings per share (EPS) with the share price movement.
Unhappily, MMP Industries had to report a 12% decline in EPS over the last year. The share price decline of 16% is actually more than the EPS drop. Unsurprisingly, given the lack of EPS growth, the market seems to be more cautious about the stock. The P/E ratio of 11.88 also points to the negative market sentiment.
The company's earnings per share (over time) is depicted in the image below (click to see the exact numbers).
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A Different Perspective
While MMP Industries shareholders are down 16% for the year, the market itself is up 7.8%. However, keep in mind that even the best stocks will sometimes underperform the market over a twelve month period. With the stock down 0.7% 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.
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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 IN exchanges.
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