How Much Did Suven Life Sciences'(NSE:SUVEN) Shareholders Earn From Share Price Movements Over The Last Year?

It is doubtless a positive to see that the Suven Life Sciences Limited (NSE:SUVEN) share price has gained some 49% in the last three months. But that is meagre solace when you consider how the price has plummeted over the last year. To wit, the stock has dropped 80% over the last year. So the rise may not be much consolation. Only time will tell if the company can sustain the turnaround.

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While the efficient markets hypothesis continues to be taught by some, it has been proven that markets are over-reactive dynamic systems, and investors are not always rational. One imperfect but simple way to consider how the market perception of a company has shifted is to compare the change in the earnings per share (EPS) with the share price movement.

During the last year Suven Life Sciences saw its earnings per share drop below zero. Some investors no doubt dumped the stock as a result. Of course, if the company can turn the situation around, investors will likely profit.

You can see how EPS has changed over time in the image below (click on the chart to see the exact values).

This free interactive report on Suven Life Sciences' earnings, revenue and cash flow is a great place to start, if you want to investigate the stock further.

A Different Perspective

Investors in Suven Life Sciences had a tough year, with a total loss of 80% (including dividends), against a market gain of about 8.2%. However, keep in mind that even the best stocks will sometimes underperform the market over a twelve month period. Unfortunately, last year's performance may indicate unresolved challenges, given that it was worse than the annualised loss of 12% over the last half decade. Generally speaking long term share price weakness can be a bad sign, though contrarian investors might want to research the stock in hope of a turnaround. I find it very interesting to look at share price over the long term as a proxy for business performance. But to truly gain insight, we need to consider other information, too. Case in point: We've spotted 5 warning signs for Suven Life Sciences you should be aware of, and 1 of them shouldn'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 IN exchanges.

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