BAIC BluePark New Energy Technology Co.,Ltd. (SHSE:600733) shareholders should be happy to see the share price up 19% in the last week. But if you look at the last five years the returns have not been good. After all, the share price is down 42% in that time, significantly under-performing the market.

On a more encouraging note the company has added CN¥4.9b to its market cap in just the last 7 days, so let's see if we can determine what's driven the five-year loss for shareholders.

BAIC BluePark New Energy TechnologyLtd wasn't profitable in the last twelve months, it is unlikely we'll see a strong correlation between its share price and its earnings per share (EPS). Arguably revenue is our next best option. When a company doesn't make profits, we'd generally expect to see good revenue growth. That's because fast revenue growth can be easily extrapolated to forecast profits, often of considerable size.

Over half a decade BAIC BluePark New Energy TechnologyLtd reduced its trailing twelve month revenue by 20% for each year. That puts it in an unattractive cohort, to put it mildly. It seems pretty reasonable to us that the share price dipped 7% per year in that time. This loss means the stock shareholders are probably pretty annoyed. Risk averse investors probably wouldn't like this one much.

The image below shows how earnings and revenue have tracked over time (if you click on the image you can see greater detail).

You can see how its balance sheet has strengthened (or weakened) over time in this free interactive graphic.

A Different Perspective

While it's certainly disappointing to see that BAIC BluePark New Energy TechnologyLtd shares lost 14% throughout the year, that wasn't as bad as the market loss of 16%. Given the total loss of 7% per year over five years, it seems returns have deteriorated in the last twelve months. Whilst Baron Rothschild does tell the investor "buy when there's blood in the streets, even if the blood is your own", buyers would need to examine the data carefully to be comfortable that the business itself is sound. 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. Consider for instance, the ever-present spectre of investment risk. We've identified 3 warning signs with BAIC BluePark New Energy TechnologyLtd (at least 1 which makes us a bit uncomfortable) , and understanding them should be part of your investment process.

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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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