The past five years for LPKF Laser & Electronics (ETR:LPK) investors has not been profitable
Statistically speaking, long term investing is a profitable endeavour. But unfortunately, some companies simply don't succeed. Zooming in on an example, the LPKF Laser & Electronics SE (ETR:LPK) share price dropped 63% in the last half decade. That's not a lot of fun for true believers.
So let's have a look and see if the longer term performance of the company has been in line with the underlying business' progress.
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In his essay The Superinvestors of Graham-and-Doddsville Warren Buffett described how share prices do not always rationally reflect the value of a business. By comparing earnings per share (EPS) and share price changes over time, we can get a feel for how investor attitudes to a company have morphed over time.
In the last half decade LPKF Laser & Electronics saw its share price fall as its EPS declined below zero. At present it's hard to make valid comparisons between EPS and the share price. However, we can say we'd expect to see a falling share price in this scenario.
You can see below how EPS has changed over time (discover the exact values by clicking on the image).
This free interactive report on LPKF Laser & Electronics' earnings, revenue and cash flow is a great place to start, if you want to investigate the stock further.
LPKF Laser & Electronics shareholders are up 0.9% for the year. But that return falls short of the market. But at least that's still a gain! Over five years the TSR has been a reduction of 10% per year, over five years. So this might be a sign the business has turned its fortunes around. Shareholders might want to examine this detailed historical graph of past earnings, revenue and cash flow.
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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 German exchanges.
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