How Much Did OncoSil Medical's(ASX:OSL) Shareholders Earn From Share Price Movements Over The Last Year?

The simplest way to benefit from a rising market is to buy an index fund. But if you buy individual stocks, you can do both better or worse than that. Unfortunately the OncoSil Medical Limited (ASX:OSL) share price slid 18% over twelve months. That's well below the market return of 4.4%. Taking the longer term view, the stock fell 15% over the last three years. And the share price decline continued over the last week, dropping some 15%.

Check out our latest analysis for OncoSil Medical

OncoSil Medical wasn't profitable in the last twelve months, it is unlikely we'll see a strong correlation between its share price and its earnings per share (EPS). Arguably revenue is our next best option. Generally speaking, companies without profits are expected to grow revenue every year, and at a good clip. That's because fast revenue growth can be easily extrapolated to forecast profits, often of considerable size.

OncoSil Medical's revenue didn't grow at all in the last year. In fact, it fell 24%. That's not what investors generally want to see. Shareholders have seen the share price drop 18% in that time. What would you expect when revenue is falling, and it doesn't make a profit? It's hard to escape the conclusion that buyers must envision either growth down the track, cost cutting, or both.

The graphic below depicts how earnings and revenue have changed over time (unveil the exact values by clicking on the image).

It's good to see that there was some significant insider buying in the last three months. That's a positive. On the other hand, we think the revenue and earnings trends are much more meaningful measures of the business. You can see what analysts are predicting for OncoSil Medical in this interactive graph of future profit estimates.

A Different Perspective

While the broader market gained around 4.4% in the last year, OncoSil Medical shareholders lost 16%. Even the share prices of good stocks drop sometimes, but we want to see improvements in the fundamental metrics of a business, before getting too interested. Regrettably, last year's performance caps off a bad run, with the shareholders facing a total loss of 3% per year over five years. 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. It's always interesting to track share price performance over the longer term. But to understand OncoSil Medical better, we need to consider many other factors. Even so, be aware that OncoSil Medical is showing 5 warning signs in our investment analysis , and 1 of those can't be ignored...

There are plenty of other companies that have insiders buying up shares. You probably do not want to miss this free list of growing companies that insiders are buying.

Please note, the market returns quoted in this article reflect the market weighted average returns of stocks that currently trade on AU exchanges.

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