Investors Who Bought Whispir (ASX:WSP) Shares A Year Ago Are Now Up 175%

Unfortunately, investing is risky - companies can and do go bankrupt. But when you pick a company that is really flourishing, you can make more than 100%. For example, the Whispir Limited (ASX:WSP) share price has soared 175% return in just a single year. In more good news, the share price has risen 20% in thirty days. Whispir hasn't been listed for long, so it's still not clear if it is a long term winner.

View our latest analysis for Whispir

Because Whispir made a loss in the last twelve months, we think the market is probably more focussed on revenue and revenue growth, at least for now. When a company doesn't make profits, we'd generally expect to see good revenue growth. That's because fast revenue growth can be easily extrapolated to forecast profits, often of considerable size.

Whispir grew its revenue by 25% last year. We respect that sort of growth, no doubt. The revenue growth is decent but the share price had an even better year, gaining 175%. Given that the business has made good progress on the top line, it would be worth taking a look at its path to profitability. But investors need to be wary of how the 'fear of missing out' could influence them to buy without doing thorough research.

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

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A Different Perspective

Whispir shareholders should be happy with the total gain of 175% over the last twelve months. That's better than the more recent three month gain of 11%, implying that share price has plateaued recently. Having said that, we doubt shareholders would be concerned. It seems the market is simply waiting on more information, because if the business delivers so will the share price (eventually). 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. For example, we've discovered 1 warning sign for Whispir that you should be aware of before investing here.

But note: Whispir may not be the best stock to buy. So take a peek at this free list of interesting companies with past earnings growth (and further growth forecast).

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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