If You Had Bought THC Global Group (ASX:THC) Stock A Year Ago, You'd Be Sitting On A 13% Loss, Today
Investors can approximate the average market return by buying an index fund. While individual stocks can be big winners, plenty more fail to generate satisfactory returns. Investors in THC Global Group Limited (ASX:THC) have tasted that bitter downside in the last year, as the share price dropped 13%. That contrasts poorly with the market return of 26%. THC Global Group may have better days ahead, of course; we've only looked at a one year period. The good news is that the stock is up 6.5% in the last week.
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Given that THC Global Group didn't make a profit in the last twelve months, we'll focus on revenue growth to form a quick view of its business development. Shareholders of unprofitable companies usually expect strong revenue growth. That's because fast revenue growth can be easily extrapolated to forecast profits, often of considerable size.
In the last twelve months, THC Global Group increased its revenue by 26%. We think that is pretty nice growth. Unfortunately that wasn't good enough to stop the share price dropping 13%. This implies the market was expecting better growth. But if revenue keeps growing, then at a certain point the share price would likely follow.
The graphic below depicts how earnings and revenue have changed over time (unveil the exact values by clicking on the image).
Balance sheet strength is crucial. It might be well worthwhile taking a look at our free report on how its financial position has changed over time.
A Different Perspective
Given that the market gained 26% in the last year, THC Global Group shareholders might be miffed that they lost 13%. 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. It's great to see a nice little 2.5% rebound in the last three months. This could just be a bounce because the selling was too aggressive, but fingers crossed it's the start of a new trend. It's always interesting to track share price performance over the longer term. But to understand THC Global Group better, we need to consider many other factors. Like risks, for instance. Every company has them, and we've spotted 5 warning signs for THC Global Group (of which 1 makes us a bit uncomfortable!) you should know about.
But note: THC Global Group 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 AU exchanges.
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