When you buy shares in a company, it's worth keeping in mind the possibility that it could fail, and you could lose your money. But on a lighter note, a good company can see its share price rise well over 100%. One great example is ITT Inc. (NYSE:ITT) which saw its share price drive 106% higher over five years. On the other hand, the stock price has retraced 4.3% in the last week. But note that the broader market is down 0.6% since last week, and this may have impacted ITT's share price.
In light of the stock dropping 4.3% in the past week, we want to investigate the longer term story, and see if fundamentals have been the driver of the company's positive five-year return.
To quote Buffett, 'Ships will sail around the world but the Flat Earth Society will flourish. There will continue to be wide discrepancies between price and value in the marketplace...' 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.
Over half a decade, ITT managed to grow its earnings per share at 8.2% a year. This EPS growth is lower than the 16% average annual increase in the share price. This suggests that market participants hold the company in higher regard, these days. And that's hardly shocking given the track record of growth.
The company's earnings per share (over time) is depicted in the image below (click to see the exact numbers).
NYSE:ITT Earnings Per Share Growth June 5th 2024
We know that ITT has improved its bottom line over the last three years, but what does the future have in store? Take a more thorough look at ITT's financial health with this free report on its balance sheet.
What About Dividends?
It is important to consider the total shareholder return, as well as the share price return, for any given stock. The TSR is a return calculation that accounts for the value of cash dividends (assuming that any dividend received was reinvested) and the calculated value of any discounted capital raisings and spin-offs. Arguably, the TSR gives a more comprehensive picture of the return generated by a stock. In the case of ITT, it has a TSR of 119% for the last 5 years. That exceeds its share price return that we previously mentioned. And there's no prize for guessing that the dividend payments largely explain the divergence!
A Different Perspective
We're pleased to report that ITT shareholders have received a total shareholder return of 54% over one year. And that does include the dividend. That gain is better than the annual TSR over five years, which is 17%. Therefore it seems like sentiment around the company has been positive lately. Given the share price momentum remains strong, it might be worth taking a closer look at the stock, lest you miss an opportunity. If you would like to research ITT in more detail then you might want to take a look at whether insiders have been buying or selling shares in the company.
Of course ITT may not be the best stock to buy. So you may wish to see this free collection of growth stocks.
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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企業の株式を購入する場合、その会社が倒産し、お金を失う可能性があることを念頭に置くことは価値があると考えられます。しかし、好調な企業はシェアプライスを100%以上上昇させることができます。一つの良い例としては、ITT Inc. (NYSE: ITT) が挙げられます。この5年間で株価が106%上昇しました。一方、株価は先週4.3%下落しています。ただし、先週以降の広範な市場の下落がITTの株価に影響を与えた可能性もあります。
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