SCR-Sibelco's (EBR:094426466) Shareholders Are Down 37% On Their Shares

Ideally, your overall portfolio should beat the market average. But even the best stock picker will only win with some selections. At this point some shareholders may be questioning their investment in SCR-Sibelco N.V. (EBR:094426466), since the last five years saw the share price fall 37%.

View our latest analysis for SCR-Sibelco

SCR-Sibelco 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 it's hard to be confident a company will be sustainable if revenue growth is negligible, and it never makes a profit.

Over five years, SCR-Sibelco grew its revenue at 1.2% per year. That's not a very high growth rate considering it doesn't make profits. Given this fairly low revenue growth (and lack of profits), it's not particularly surprising to see the stock down 6.6% (annualized) in the same time frame. The key question is whether the company can make it to profitability, and beyond, without trouble. Shareholders will want the company to approach profitability if it can't grow revenue any faster.

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

This free interactive report on SCR-Sibelco's balance sheet strength is a great place to start, if you want to investigate the stock further.

A Different Perspective

It's good to see that SCR-Sibelco has rewarded shareholders with a total shareholder return of 0.8% in the last twelve months. Of course, that includes the dividend. Notably the five-year annualised TSR loss of 6.6% per year compares very unfavourably with the recent share price performance. This makes us a little wary, but the business might have turned around its fortunes. It's always interesting to track share price performance over the longer term. But to understand SCR-Sibelco better, we need to consider many other factors. To that end, you should learn about the 2 warning signs we've spotted with SCR-Sibelco (including 1 which is shouldn't be ignored) .

Of course, you might find a fantastic investment by looking elsewhere. So take a peek at this free list of companies we expect will grow earnings.

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

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