The most you can lose on any stock (assuming you don't use leverage) is 100% of your money. But if you buy shares in a really great company, you can more than double your money. For example, the Panda Financial Holding Corp., Ltd. (SHSE:600599) share price has soared 164% in the last three years. That sort of return is as solid as granite. Also pleasing for shareholders was the 32% gain in the last three months.

Since it's been a strong week for Panda Financial Holding shareholders, let's have a look at trend of the longer term fundamentals.

See our latest analysis for Panda Financial Holding

There is no denying that markets are sometimes efficient, but prices do not always reflect underlying business performance. 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).

Panda Financial Holding became profitable within the last three years. Given the importance of this milestone, it's not overly surprising that the share price has increased strongly.

You can see below how EPS has changed over time (discover the exact values by clicking on the image).

This free interactive report on Panda Financial Holding's earnings, revenue and cash flow is a great place to start, if you want to investigate the stock further.

A Different Perspective

It's nice to see that Panda Financial Holding shareholders have received a total shareholder return of 49% over the last year. Since the one-year TSR is better than the five-year TSR (the latter coming in at 7% per year), it would seem that the stock's performance has improved in recent times. In the best case scenario, this may hint at some real business momentum, implying that now could be a great time to delve deeper. It's always interesting to track share price performance over the longer term. But to understand Panda Financial Holding better, we need to consider many other factors. Even so, be aware that Panda Financial Holding is showing 1 warning sign in our investment analysis , you should know about...

Of course Panda Financial Holding 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 Chinese exchanges.

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