Ecolab's (NYSE:ECL) Investors Will Be Pleased With Their Respectable 38% Return Over the Last Year
Ecolab's (NYSE:ECL) Investors Will Be Pleased With Their Respectable 38% Return Over the Last Year
The simplest way to invest in stocks is to buy exchange traded funds. But investors can boost returns by picking market-beating companies to own shares in. For example, the Ecolab Inc. (NYSE:ECL) share price is up 37% in the last 1 year, clearly besting the market return of around 26% (not including dividends). If it can keep that out-performance up over the long term, investors will do very well! Having said that, the longer term returns aren't so impressive, with stock gaining just 9.6% in three years.
投資股票的最簡單方法是買入交易所交易基金。但投資者可以通過選擇市場超越公司來提升回報率。例如,Ecolab Inc.(紐交所:ECL)股價在過去1年上漲了37%,明顯超過了大約26%的市場回報(不包括股息)。如果它能在長期內保持這種表現,投資者將會做得很好!話雖如此,長期回報並不那麼驚人,股票在三年內僅上漲了9.6%。
Let's take a look at the underlying fundamentals over the longer term, and see if they've been consistent with shareholders returns.
讓我們長期看一下潛在的基本面,看看它們是否與股東回報一致。
To paraphrase Benjamin Graham: Over the short term the market is a voting machine, but over the long term it's a weighing machine. 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.
引用本傑明·格雷厄姆的話:短期內市場是一個投票機,但長期來看它是一個稱重機。評估公司周邊環境的情緒變化的一種有缺陷但合理的方法是將每股收益(EPS)與股價進行比較。
During the last year Ecolab grew its earnings per share (EPS) by 46%. This EPS growth is significantly higher than the 37% increase in the share price. So it seems like the market has cooled on Ecolab, despite the growth. Interesting.
在過去一年,Ecolab的每股收益(EPS)增長了46%。這一EPS增長顯著高於股價上漲的37%。因此,看起來市場對Ecolab的態度有所冷淡,儘管有增長。有趣。
The company's earnings per share (over time) is depicted in the image below (click to see the exact numbers).
該公司的每股收益(隨時間的推移)如下圖所示(單擊可查看確切數字)。
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It's probably worth noting we've seen significant insider buying in the last quarter, which we consider a positive. On the other hand, we think the revenue and earnings trends are much more meaningful measures of the business. This free interactive report on Ecolab's earnings, revenue and cash flow is a great place to start, if you want to investigate the stock further.
值得注意的是,上一季度我們看到了大量內部人士的買入,我們認爲這是一個積極的信號。另一方面,我們認爲營業收入和盈利趨勢更有意義,是業務更有意義的衡量標準。如果你想進一步調查這支股票,可以從這份涵蓋藝康集團的盈利、營業收入和現金流的免費互動報告開始。
A Different Perspective
不同的觀點
It's nice to see that Ecolab shareholders have received a total shareholder return of 38% over the last year. Of course, that includes the dividend. That's better than the annualised return of 5% over half a decade, implying that the company is doing better recently. In the best case scenario, this may hint at some real business momentum, implying that now could be a great time to delve deeper. While it is well worth considering the different impacts that market conditions can have on the share price, there are other factors that are even more important. To that end, you should be aware of the 1 warning sign we've spotted with Ecolab .
看到藝康集團股東在過去一年獲得了38%的股東總回報是一件令人高興的事情。當然,其中包括了股息。這比過去半個世紀年化回報率5%要好,這意味着公司最近表現得更好。在最好的情況下,這可能暗示着一些真正的業務動能,這也意味着現在可能是深入研究的好時機。雖然值得考慮市場狀況對股價的影響,但還有其他更重要的因素。因此,您應該注意我們在藝康集團發現的1個警示標誌。
Ecolab is not the only stock that insiders are buying. For those who like to find lesser know companies this free list of growing companies with recent insider purchasing, could be just the ticket.
藝康集團並非唯一一支內部人士在購買的股票。對於喜歡發現較少知名公司的人來說,這份免費提供最近有內部人員購買跡象的增長型公司列表,可能正是你在尋找的。
Please note, the market returns quoted in this article reflect the market weighted average returns of stocks that currently trade on American exchanges.
請注意,本文所引述的市場回報反映了目前在美國交易所上市的股票的市場加權平均回報。
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