CVC Brasil Operadora e Agência de Viagens'(BVMF:CVCB3) Share Price Is Down 61% Over The Past Three Years.

CVC Brasil Operadora e Agência de Viagens S.A. (BVMF:CVCB3) shareholders should be happy to see the share price up 27% in the last quarter. Meanwhile over the last three years the stock has dropped hard. Tragically, the share price declined 61% in that time. So the improvement may be a real relief to some. Perhaps the company has turned over a new leaf.

Check out our latest analysis for CVC Brasil Operadora e Agência de Viagens

To quote Buffett, 'Ships will sail around the world but the Flat Earth Society will flourish. There will continue to be wide discrepancies between price and value in the marketplace...' By comparing earnings per share (EPS) and share price changes over time, we can get a feel for how investor attitudes to a company have morphed over time.

Over the three years that the share price declined, CVC Brasil Operadora e Agência de Viagens' earnings per share (EPS) dropped significantly, falling to a loss. Due to the loss, it's not easy to use EPS as a reliable guide to the business. But it's safe to say we'd generally expect the share price to be lower as a result!

The company's earnings per share (over time) is depicted in the image below (click to see the exact numbers).

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What about the Total Shareholder Return (TSR)?

We've already covered CVC Brasil Operadora e Agência de Viagens' share price action, but we should also mention its total shareholder return (TSR). Arguably the TSR is a more complete return calculation because it accounts for the value of dividends (as if they were reinvested), along with the hypothetical value of any discounted capital that have been offered to shareholders. CVC Brasil Operadora e Agência de Viagens hasn't been paying dividends, but its TSR of -58% exceeds its share price return of -61%, implying it has either spun-off a business, or raised capital at a discount; thereby providing additional value to shareholders.

A Different Perspective

CVC Brasil Operadora e Agência de Viagens shareholders are down 49% for the year, but the market itself is up 3.5%. 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. On the bright side, long term shareholders have made money, with a gain of 12% per year over half a decade. It could be that the recent sell-off is an opportunity, so it may be worth checking the fundamental data for signs of a long term growth trend. While it is well worth considering the different impacts that market conditions can have on the share price, there are other factors that are even more important. Case in point: We've spotted 3 warning signs for CVC Brasil Operadora e Agência de Viagens you should be aware of, and 1 of them can'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 BR exchanges.

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