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While it may not be enough for some shareholders, we think it is good to see the Phoenix New Media Limited (NYSE:FENG) share price up 14% in a single quarter. But that doesn’t change the fact that the returns over the last half decade have been disappointing. In that time the share price has delivered a rude shock to holders, who find themselves down 55% after a long stretch. So we’re not so sure if the recent bounce should be celebrated. But it could be that the fall was overdone.
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While markets are a powerful pricing mechanism, share prices reflect investor sentiment, not just underlying business performance. 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.
In the last half decade Phoenix New Media saw its share price fall as its EPS declined below zero. Since the company has fallen to a loss making position, it’s hard to compare the change in EPS with the share price change. However, we can say we’d expect to see a falling share price in this scenario.
The company’s earnings per share (over time) is depicted in the image below (click to see the exact numbers).
This free interactive report on Phoenix New Media’s earnings, revenue and cash flow is a great place to start, if you want to investigate the stock further.
A Different Perspective
Phoenix New Media provided a TSR of 7.6% over the last twelve months. Unfortunately this falls short of the market return. But at least that’s still a gain! Over five years the TSR has been a reduction of 15% per year, over five years. So this might be a sign the business has turned its fortunes around. You might want to assess this data-rich visualization of its 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 US exchanges.
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