Ideally, your overall portfolio should beat the market average. But even the best stock picker will only win with some selections. At this point some shareholders may be questioning their investment in Bestsun Energy Co., Ltd. (SHSE:600681), since the last five years saw the share price fall 61%. On top of that, the share price is down 6.3% in the last week. This could be related to the recent financial results - you can catch up on the most recent data by reading our company report.
After losing 6.3% this past week, it's worth investigating the company's fundamentals to see what we can infer from past performance.
View our latest analysis for Bestsun Energy
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. By comparing earnings per share (EPS) and share price changes over time, we can get a feel for how investor attitudes to a company have morphed over time.
Looking back five years, both Bestsun Energy's share price and EPS declined; the latter at a rate of 6.2% per year. Readers should note that the share price has fallen faster than the EPS, at a rate of 17% per year, over the period. So it seems the market was too confident about the business, in the past.
The graphic below depicts how EPS has changed over time (unveil the exact values by clicking on the image).
![earnings-per-share-growth](https://usnewsfile.futunn.com/pic/0-13264086-0-13f58a09d7844675a333b2cba4ff4564.png/big)
SHSE:600681 Earnings Per Share Growth August 4th 2022
Before buying or selling a stock, we always recommend a close examination of historic growth trends, available here.
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 incorporates the value of any spin-offs or discounted capital raisings, along with any dividends, based on the assumption that the dividends are reinvested. It's fair to say that the TSR gives a more complete picture for stocks that pay a dividend. In the case of Bestsun Energy, it has a TSR of -48% 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
It's nice to see that Bestsun Energy shareholders have received a total shareholder return of 1.6% over the last year. That's including the dividend. That certainly beats the loss of about 8% per year over the last half decade. The long term loss makes us cautious, but the short term TSR gain certainly hints at a brighter future. I find it very interesting to look at share price over the long term as a proxy for business performance. But to truly gain insight, we need to consider other information, too. Even so, be aware that Bestsun Energy is showing 2 warning signs in our investment analysis , and 1 of those is significant...
We will like Bestsun Energy better if we see some big insider buys. While we wait, check out this free list of growing companies with considerable, recent, insider buying.
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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理想情況下,你的整體投資組合應該超過市場平均水平。但即使是最好的選股者也只有在一些選擇。在這一點上,一些股東可能會質疑他們在貝斯特森能源有限公司。(上交所:600681),自過去五年以來,股價下跌了61%。最重要的是,該公司股價在上週下跌了6.3%。這可能與最近的財務業績有關-您可以通過閲讀我們的公司報告來了解最新的數據。
在過去一週下跌6.3%後,有必要調查一下該公司的基本面,看看我們可以從過去的表現中推斷出什麼。
查看我們對BestSun Energy的最新分析
雖然有效市場假説繼續被一些人傳授,但事實證明,市場是過度反應的動態系統,投資者並不總是理性的。通過比較每股收益(EPS)和股價隨時間的變化,我們可以感受到投資者對一家公司的態度隨着時間的推移發生了怎樣的變化。
回顧五年前,貝斯特森能源的股價和每股收益都出現了下降;後者以每年6.2%的速度下降。讀者應該注意到,在此期間,該公司股價以每年17%的速度下跌,速度比每股收益更快。因此,過去市場似乎對這項業務過於自信。
下圖描述了EPS是如何隨着時間的推移而變化的(通過單擊圖像來揭示確切的值)。
![earnings-per-share-growth](https://usnewsfile.futunn.com/pic/0-13264086-0-13f58a09d7844675a333b2cba4ff4564.png/big)
上交所:2022年8月4日每股收益增長600681
在買賣股票之前,我們總是建議仔細研究一下歷史增長趨勢,可以在這裏找到。
那股息呢?
重要的是要考慮任何給定股票的總股東回報以及股價回報。TSR包括任何剝離或貼現融資的價值,以及任何股息,基於股息再投資的假設。公平地説,TSR為支付股息的股票提供了更完整的圖景。以貝斯特太陽能源為例,它在過去5年的總資產收益率為-48%。這超過了我們之前提到的它的股價回報。而且,猜測股息支付在很大程度上解釋了這種差異是沒有好處的!
不同的視角
很高興看到貝斯特太陽能源的股東在過去一年中獲得了1.6%的總股東回報。這還包括股息。這當然超過了過去五年每年約8%的損失。長期的虧損讓我們保持謹慎,但短期的TSR收益肯定暗示着更光明的未來。我發現,把股價作為衡量企業業績的長期指標是非常有趣的。但為了真正獲得洞察力,我們還需要考慮其他信息。即便如此,請注意,貝斯特森能源公司正在展示我們的投資分析中的2個警告信號,其中一條意義重大……
如果我們看到一些大的內部收購,我們會更喜歡貝斯特森能源。在我們等待的時候,看看這個免費最近有大量內幕收購的成長型公司名單。
請注意,本文引用的市場回報反映了目前在CN交易所交易的股票的市場加權平均回報。
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