It's nice to see the Aoyuan Beauty Valley Technology Co.,Ltd. (SZSE:000615) share price up 16% in a week. But that is minimal compensation for the share price under-performance over the last year. After all, the share price is down 32% in the last year, significantly under-performing the market.

While the stock has risen 16% in the past week but long term shareholders are still in the red, let's see what the fundamentals can tell us.

See our latest analysis for Aoyuan Beauty Valley TechnologyLtd

Aoyuan Beauty Valley TechnologyLtd isn't currently profitable, so most analysts would look to revenue growth to get an idea of how fast the underlying business is growing. When a company doesn't make profits, we'd generally expect to see good revenue growth. That's because fast revenue growth can be easily extrapolated to forecast profits, often of considerable size.

Aoyuan Beauty Valley TechnologyLtd grew its revenue by 5.6% over the last year. That's not a very high growth rate considering it doesn't make profits. Given this fairly low revenue growth (and lack of profits), it's not particularly surprising to see the stock down 32% in a year. It's important not to lose sight of the fact that profitless companies must grow. But if you buy a loss making company then you could become a loss making investor.

The image below shows how earnings and revenue have tracked over time (if you click on the image you can see greater detail).

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

While the broader market lost about 5.7% in the twelve months, Aoyuan Beauty Valley TechnologyLtd shareholders did even worse, losing 32%. Having said that, it's inevitable that some stocks will be oversold in a falling market. The key is to keep your eyes on the fundamental developments. Regrettably, last year's performance caps off a bad run, with the shareholders facing a total loss of 6% per year over five years. 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. It's always interesting to track share price performance over the longer term. But to understand Aoyuan Beauty Valley TechnologyLtd better, we need to consider many other factors. Case in point: We've spotted 2 warning signs for Aoyuan Beauty Valley TechnologyLtd you should be aware of.

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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 Chinese exchanges.

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