Investors Who Bought Allot (NASDAQ:ALLT) Shares A Year Ago Are Now Up 52%
These days it's easy to simply buy an index fund, and your returns should (roughly) match the market. But you can significantly boost your returns by picking above-average stocks. For example, the Allot Ltd. (NASDAQ:ALLT) share price is up 52% in the last year, clearly besting than the market return of around 7.0% (not including dividends). If it can keep that out-performance up over the long term, investors will do very well! And shareholders have also done well over the long term, with an increase of 49% in the last three years.
Check out our latest analysis for Allot
Allot isn't a profitable company, so it is unlikely we'll see a strong correlation between its share price and its earnings per share (EPS). Arguably revenue is our next best option. Shareholders of unprofitable companies usually expect strong revenue growth. That's because it's hard to be confident a company will be sustainable if revenue growth is negligible, and it never makes a profit.
In the last year Allot saw its revenue grow by 17%. We respect that sort of growth, no doubt. While the share price performed well, gaining 52% over twelve months, you could argue the revenue growth warranted something better. If revenue stays on trend, there may be plenty more share price gains to come. But it's crucial to check profitability and cash flow before forming a view on the future.
The graphic below shows how revenue and earnings have changed as management guided the business forward. If you want to see cashflow, you can click on the chart.
It's probably worth noting that the CEO is paid less than the median at similar sized companies. But while CEO remuneration is always worth checking, the really important question is whether the company can grow earnings going forward. You can see what analysts are predicting for Allot in this interactive graph of future profit estimates.
A Different Perspective
It's nice to see that Allot shareholders have received a total shareholder return of 52% over the last year. There's no doubt those recent returns are much better than the TSR loss of 8.7% per year over five years. The long term loss makes us cautious, but the short term TSR gain certainly hints at a brighter future. You could get a better understanding of Allot's growth by checking out this more detailed historical graph of 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 US exchanges.
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