The main aim of stock picking is to find the market-beating stocks. But in any portfolio, there will be mixed results between individual stocks. At this point some shareholders may be questioning their investment in Tianjin Hi-Tech Development Co.,Ltd. (SHSE:600082), since the last five years saw the share price fall 41%. The last week also saw the share price slip down another 21%.

If the past week is anything to go by, investor sentiment for Tianjin Hi-Tech DevelopmentLtd isn't positive, so let's see if there's a mismatch between fundamentals and the share price.

Check out our latest analysis for Tianjin Hi-Tech DevelopmentLtd

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).

During five years of share price growth, Tianjin Hi-Tech DevelopmentLtd moved from a loss to profitability. That would generally be considered a positive, so we are surprised to see the share price is down. Other metrics might give us a better handle on how its value is changing over time.

Revenue is actually up 5.8% over the time period. So it seems one might have to take closer look at the fundamentals to understand why the share price languishes. After all, there may be an opportunity.

The graphic below depicts how earnings and revenue have changed over time (unveil the exact values by clicking on the image).

Take a more thorough look at Tianjin Hi-Tech DevelopmentLtd's financial health with this free report on its balance sheet.

A Different Perspective

We're pleased to report that Tianjin Hi-Tech DevelopmentLtd shareholders have received a total shareholder return of 29% over one year. Notably the five-year annualised TSR loss of 7% per year compares very unfavourably with the recent share price performance. The long term loss makes us cautious, but the short term TSR gain certainly hints at a brighter future. It's always interesting to track share price performance over the longer term. But to understand Tianjin Hi-Tech DevelopmentLtd better, we need to consider many other factors. To that end, you should be aware of the 1 warning sign we've spotted with Tianjin Hi-Tech DevelopmentLtd .

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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 CN exchanges.

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