What Type Of Returns Would Patriot One Technologies'(TSE:PAT) Shareholders Have Earned If They Purchased Their SharesThree Years Ago?

Every investor on earth makes bad calls sometimes. But really big losses can really drag down an overall portfolio. So spare a thought for the long term shareholders of Patriot One Technologies Inc. (TSE:PAT); the share price is down a whopping 73% in the last three years. That would be a disturbing experience. The more recent news is of little comfort, with the share price down 47% in a year. More recently, the share price has dropped a further 11% in a month.

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Patriot One Technologies 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. 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.

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

Balance sheet strength is crucial. It might be well worthwhile taking a look at our free report on how its financial position has changed over time.

A Different Perspective

Over the last year, Patriot One Technologies shareholders took a loss of 47%. In contrast the market gained about 34%. Of course the long term matters more than the short term, and even great stocks will sometimes have a poor year. Shareholders have lost 20% per year over the last three years, so the share price drop has become steeper, over the last year; a potential symptom of as yet unsolved challenges. Although Baron Rothschild famously said to "buy when there's blood in the streets, even if the blood is your own", he also focusses on high quality stocks with solid prospects. 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. Even so, be aware that Patriot One Technologies is showing 4 warning signs in our investment analysis , and 1 of those shouldn'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 CA exchanges.

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