The most you can lose on any stock (assuming you don't use leverage) is 100% of your money. But on the bright side, you can make far more than 100% on a really good stock. For instance, the price of Taylor Morrison Home Corporation (NYSE:TMHC) stock is up an impressive 173% over the last five years. Meanwhile the share price is 4.0% higher than it was a week ago.

Since it's been a strong week for Taylor Morrison Home shareholders, let's have a look at trend of the longer term fundamentals.

While the efficient markets hypothesis continues to be taught by some, it has been proven that markets are over-reactive dynamic systems, and investors are not always rational. 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).

Over half a decade, Taylor Morrison Home managed to grow its earnings per share at 27% a year. This EPS growth is higher than the 22% average annual increase in the share price. Therefore, it seems the market has become relatively pessimistic about the company. This cautious sentiment is reflected in its (fairly low) P/E ratio of 8.96.

The graphic below depicts how EPS has changed over time (unveil the exact values by clicking on the image).

Dive deeper into Taylor Morrison Home's key metrics by checking this interactive graph of Taylor Morrison Home's earnings, revenue and cash flow.

A Different Perspective

We're pleased to report that Taylor Morrison Home shareholders have received a total shareholder return of 38% over one year. Since the one-year TSR is better than the five-year TSR (the latter coming in at 22% per year), it would seem that the stock's performance has improved in recent times. Someone with an optimistic perspective could view the recent improvement in TSR as indicating that the business itself is getting better with time. Most investors take the time to check the data on insider transactions. You can click here to see if insiders have been buying or selling.

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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 American exchanges.

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