One simple way to benefit from the stock market is to buy an index fund. But if you choose individual stocks with prowess, you can make superior returns. For example, BEH-Property Co.,Ltd. (SHSE:600791) shareholders have seen the share price rise 18% over three years, well in excess of the market decline (20%, not including dividends).

The past week has proven to be lucrative for BEH-PropertyLtd investors, so let's see if fundamentals drove the company's three-year performance.

BEH-PropertyLtd 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 hope to see good revenue growth. As you can imagine, fast revenue growth, when maintained, often leads to fast profit growth.

In the last 3 years BEH-PropertyLtd saw its revenue grow at 51% per year. That's well above most pre-profit companies. The share price rise of 6% per year throughout that time is nice to see, and given the revenue growth, that gain seems somewhat justified. So now might be the perfect time to put BEH-PropertyLtd on your radar. A window of opportunity may reveal itself with time, if the business can trend to profitability.

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

This free interactive report on BEH-PropertyLtd's balance sheet strength is a great place to start, if you want to investigate the stock further.

A Different Perspective

While it's never nice to take a loss, BEH-PropertyLtd shareholders can take comfort that , including dividends,their trailing twelve month loss of 1.7% wasn't as bad as the market loss of around 11%. Unfortunately, last year's performance may indicate unresolved challenges, given that it's worse than the annualised loss of 0.5% over the last half decade. While some investors do well specializing in buying companies that are struggling (but nonetheless undervalued), don't forget that Buffett said that 'turnarounds seldom turn'. It's always interesting to track share price performance over the longer term. But to understand BEH-PropertyLtd better, we need to consider many other factors. To that end, you should be aware of the 2 warning signs we've spotted with BEH-PropertyLtd .

We will like BEH-PropertyLtd 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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