The 17% return this week takes Elsight's (ASX:ELS) shareholders five-year gains to 116%
The past week has proven to be lucrative for Elsight investors, so let's see if fundamentals drove the company's five-year performance.
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Given that Elsight didn't make a profit in the last twelve months, we'll focus on revenue growth to form a quick view of its business development. When a company doesn't make profits, we'd generally hope to see good revenue growth. That's because fast revenue growth can be easily extrapolated to forecast profits, often of considerable size.
In the last 5 years Elsight saw its revenue grow at 10% per year. That's a fairly respectable growth rate. Broadly speaking, this solid progress may well be reflected by the healthy share price gain of 16% per year over five years. It's well worth monitoring the growth trend in revenue, because if growth accelerates, that might signal an opportunity. When a growth trend accelerates, be it in revenue or earnings, it can indicate an inflection point for the business, which is can often be an opportunity for investors.
You can see below how earnings and revenue have changed over time (discover the exact values by clicking on the image).
This free interactive report on Elsight's balance sheet strength is a great place to start, if you want to investigate the stock further.
We've already covered Elsight's share price action, but we should also mention its total shareholder return (TSR). Arguably the TSR is a more complete return calculation because it accounts for the value of dividends (as if they were reinvested), along with the hypothetical value of any discounted capital that have been offered to shareholders. Elsight hasn't been paying dividends, but its TSR of 116% exceeds its share price return of 111%, implying it has either spun-off a business, or raised capital at a discount; thereby providing additional value to shareholders.
We're pleased to report that Elsight shareholders have received a total shareholder return of 65% over one year. That gain is better than the annual TSR over five years, which is 17%. Therefore it seems like sentiment around the company has been positive lately. Someone with an optimistic perspective could view the recent improvement in TSR as indicating that the business itself is getting better with time. 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. Case in point: We've spotted 4 warning signs for Elsight you should be aware of, and 1 of them can't be ignored.
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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 Australian exchanges.
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