We think intelligent 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 BCI Minerals Limited (ASX:BCI) share price dropped 71% in the last half decade. That's not a lot of fun for true believers. It's down 2.9% in the last seven days.
See our latest analysis for BCI Minerals
While markets are a powerful pricing mechanism, share prices reflect investor sentiment, not just underlying business performance. One way to examine how market sentiment has changed over time is to look at the interaction between a company's share price and its earnings per share (EPS).
BCI Minerals became profitable within the last five years. That would generally be considered a positive, so we are surprised to see the share price is down. Other metrics may better explain the share price move.
Arguably, the revenue drop of 50% a year for half a decade suggests that the company can't grow in the long term. That could explain the weak share price.
The company's revenue and earnings (over time) are depicted in the image below (click to see the exact numbers).
We know that BCI Minerals has improved its bottom line over the last three years, but what does the future have in store? You can see how its balance sheet has strengthened (or weakened) over time in this free interactive graphic.
What about the Total Shareholder Return (TSR)?
We've already covered BCI Minerals's share price action, but we should also mention its total shareholder return (TSR). Arguably the TSR is a more complete return calculation because it accounts for the value of dividends (as if they were reinvested), along with the hypothetical value of any discounted capital that have been offered to shareholders. Dividends have been really beneficial for BCI Minerals shareholders, and that cash payout explains why its total shareholder loss of 67%, over the last 5 years, isn't as bad as the share price return.
A Different Perspective
BCI Minerals provided a TSR of 18% over the last twelve months. But that was short of the market average. On the bright side, that's still a gain, and it is certainly better than the yearly loss of about 20% endured over half a decade. It could well be that the business is stabilizing. 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. Be aware that BCI Minerals is showing 2 warning signs in our investment analysis , and 1 of those is significant...
We will like BCI Minerals better if we see some big insider buys. While we wait, check out this free list of growing companies with considerable, recent, insider buying.
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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