Ecolab's (NYSE:ECL) Investors Will Be Pleased With Their Respectable 38% Return Over the Last Year
Ecolab's (NYSE:ECL) Investors Will Be Pleased With Their Respectable 38% Return Over the Last Year
The simplest way to invest in stocks is to buy exchange traded funds. But investors can boost returns by picking market-beating companies to own shares in. For example, the Ecolab Inc. (NYSE:ECL) share price is up 37% in the last 1 year, clearly besting the market return of around 26% (not including dividends). If it can keep that out-performance up over the long term, investors will do very well! Having said that, the longer term returns aren't so impressive, with stock gaining just 9.6% in three years.
投資股票的最簡單方法是購買交易所交易基金。但是,投資者可以通過選擇市場領先的公司來持有股票,從而提高回報。例如,Ecolab Inc.(紐約證券交易所代碼:ECL)的股價在過去1年中上漲了37%,顯然超過了約26%(不包括股息)的市場回報率。如果它能長期保持跑贏大盤的表現,那麼投資者就會做得很好!話雖如此,長期回報並不那麼令人印象深刻,股票在三年內僅上漲了9.6%。
Let's take a look at the underlying fundamentals over the longer term, and see if they've been consistent with shareholders returns.
讓我們來看看長期的基本面,看看它們是否與股東的回報一致。
To paraphrase Benjamin Graham: Over the short term the market is a voting machine, but over the long term it's a weighing machine. One flawed but reasonable way to assess how sentiment around a company has changed is to compare the earnings per share (EPS) with the share price.
用本傑明·格雷厄姆的話來說:從短期來看,市場是一臺投票機器,但從長遠來看,它是一臺稱重機。評估公司情緒變化的一種有缺陷但合理的方法是將每股收益(EPS)與股價進行比較。
During the last year Ecolab grew its earnings per share (EPS) by 46%. This EPS growth is significantly higher than the 37% increase in the share price. So it seems like the market has cooled on Ecolab, despite the growth. Interesting.
去年,Ecolab的每股收益(EPS)增長了46%。每股收益的增長明顯高於股價37%的漲幅。因此,儘管有所增長,但Ecolab的市場似乎已經降溫。有趣。
The company's earnings per share (over time) is depicted in the image below (click to see the exact numbers).
該公司的每股收益(隨着時間的推移)如下圖所示(點擊查看確切數字)。
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It's probably worth noting we've seen significant insider buying in the last quarter, which we consider a positive. On the other hand, we think the revenue and earnings trends are much more meaningful measures of the business. This free interactive report on Ecolab's earnings, revenue and cash flow is a great place to start, if you want to investigate the stock further.
可能值得注意的是,我們在上個季度看到了大量的內幕買盤,我們認爲這是積極的。另一方面,我們認爲收入和收益趨勢是衡量業務的更有意義的指標。如果你想進一步調查該股,這份關於Ecolab收益、收入和現金流的免費互動報告是一個很好的起點。
A Different Perspective
不同的視角
It's nice to see that Ecolab shareholders have received a total shareholder return of 38% over the last year. Of course, that includes the dividend. That's better than the annualised return of 5% over half a decade, implying that the company is doing better recently. In the best case scenario, this may hint at some real business momentum, implying that now could be a great time to delve deeper. 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. To that end, you should be aware of the 1 warning sign we've spotted with Ecolab .
很高興看到,去年,Ecolab的股東總回報率爲38%。當然,這包括股息。這比五年來5%的年化回報率要好,這意味着該公司最近的表現更好。在最好的情況下,這可能暗示着一些真正的業務勢頭,這意味着現在可能是深入研究的好時機。儘管市場狀況可能對股價產生的不同影響值得考慮,但還有其他因素更爲重要。爲此,你應該注意我們在Ecolab上發現的1個警告標誌。
Ecolab is not the only stock that insiders are buying. For those who like to find lesser know companies this free list of growing companies with recent insider purchasing, could be just the ticket.
Ecolab並不是內部人士唯一買入的股票。對於那些喜歡尋找知名度較低的公司的人來說,這份最近有內幕收購的成長型公司的免費清單可能只是入場券。
Please note, the market returns quoted in this article reflect the market weighted average returns of stocks that currently trade on American exchanges.
請注意,本文引用的市場回報反映了目前在美國交易所交易的股票的市場加權平均回報。
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Simply Wall St的這篇文章本質上是籠統的。我們僅使用公正的方法根據歷史數據和分析師的預測提供評論,我們的文章無意作爲財務建議。它不構成買入或賣出任何股票的建議,也沒有考慮到您的目標或財務狀況。我們的目標是爲您提供由基本數據驅動的長期重點分析。請注意,我們的分析可能不考慮最新的價格敏感型公司公告或定性材料。簡而言之,華爾街沒有持有任何上述股票的頭寸。