We think intelligent long term investing is the way to go. But unfortunately, some companies simply don't succeed. Zooming in on an example, the Meinian Onehealth Healthcare Holdings Co., Ltd. (SZSE:002044) share price dropped 57% in the last half decade. We certainly feel for shareholders who bought near the top.

Since shareholders are down over the longer term, lets look at the underlying fundamentals over the that time and see if they've been consistent with returns.

View our latest analysis for Meinian Onehealth Healthcare Holdings

We don't think that Meinian Onehealth Healthcare Holdings' modest trailing twelve month profit has the market's full attention at the moment. We think revenue is probably a better guide. As a general rule, we think this kind of company is more comparable to loss-making stocks, since the actual profit is so low. For shareholders to have confidence a company will grow profits significantly, it must grow revenue.

In the last half decade, Meinian Onehealth Healthcare Holdings saw its revenue increase by 3.7% per year. That's not a very high growth rate considering it doesn't make profits. It's likely this weak growth has contributed to an annualised return of 9% for the last five years. We want to see an acceleration of revenue growth (or profits) before showing much interest in this one. However, it's possible too many in the market will ignore it, and there may be an opportunity if it starts to recover down the track.

The graphic below depicts how earnings and revenue have changed over time (unveil the exact values by clicking on the image).

We know that Meinian Onehealth Healthcare Holdings has improved its bottom line lately, but what does the future have in store? You can see what analysts are predicting for Meinian Onehealth Healthcare Holdings in this interactive graph of future profit estimates.

A Different Perspective

We're pleased to report that Meinian Onehealth Healthcare Holdings shareholders have received a total shareholder return of 3.7% over one year. Of course, that includes the dividend. Notably the five-year annualised TSR loss of 9% per year compares very unfavourably with the recent share price performance. We generally put more weight on the long term performance over the short term, but the recent improvement could hint at a (positive) inflection point within the business. It's always interesting to track share price performance over the longer term. But to understand Meinian Onehealth Healthcare Holdings better, we need to consider many other factors. To that end, you should be aware of the 1 warning sign we've spotted with Meinian Onehealth Healthcare Holdings .

We will like Meinian Onehealth Healthcare Holdings 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 Chinese exchanges.

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