Those Who Purchased Bison Finance Group (HKG:888) Shares A Year Ago Have A 53% Loss To Show For It
The nature of investing is that you win some, and you lose some. And unfortunately for Bison Finance Group Limited (HKG:888) shareholders, the stock is a lot lower today than it was a year ago. To wit the share price is down 53% in that time. Even if you look out three years, the returns are still disappointing, with the share price down30% in that time. Shareholders have had an even rougher run lately, with the share price down 47% in the last 90 days.
See our latest analysis for Bison Finance Group
To quote Buffett, 'Ships will sail around the world but the Flat Earth Society will flourish. There will continue to be wide discrepancies between price and value in the marketplace...' 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.
During the last year Bison Finance Group grew its earnings per share, moving from a loss to a profit.
Earnings per share growth rates aren't particularly useful for comparing with the share price, when a company has moved from loss to profit. So it makes sense to check out some other factors.
Bison Finance Group's revenue is actually up 52% over the last year. Since the fundamental metrics don't readily explain the share price drop, there might be an opportunity if the market has overreacted.
The company's revenue and earnings (over time) are depicted in the image below (click to see the exact numbers).
This free interactive report on Bison Finance Group's balance sheet strength is a great place to start, if you want to investigate the stock further.
What about the Total Shareholder Return (TSR)?
We'd be remiss not to mention the difference between Bison Finance Group's total shareholder return (TSR) and its share price return. The TSR is a return calculation that accounts for the value of cash dividends (assuming that any dividend received was reinvested) and the calculated value of any discounted capital raisings and spin-offs. Its history of dividend payouts mean that Bison Finance Group's TSR, which was a 53% drop over the last year, was not as bad as the share price return.
A Different Perspective
While the broader market gained around 7.3% in the last year, Bison Finance Group shareholders lost 53%. However, keep in mind that even the best stocks will sometimes underperform the market over a twelve month period. Unfortunately, last year's performance may indicate unresolved challenges, given that it was worse than the annualised loss of 6.5% over the last half decade. Generally speaking long term share price weakness can be a bad sign, though contrarian investors might want to research the stock in hope of a turnaround. I find it very interesting to look at share price over the long term as a proxy for business performance. But to truly gain insight, we need to consider other information, too. For example, we've discovered 4 warning signs for Bison Finance Group (2 don't sit too well with us!) that you should be aware of before investing here.
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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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