Did You Miss Postmedia Network Canada's (TSE:PNC.B) 98% Share Price Gain?

By buying an index fund, you can roughly match the market return with ease. But many of us dare to dream of bigger returns, and build a portfolio ourselves. For example, the Postmedia Network Canada Corp. (TSE:PNC.B) share price is up 98% in the last three years, clearly besting the market return of around 17% (not including dividends). On the other hand, the returns haven't been quite so good recently, with shareholders up just 41%.

Check out our latest analysis for Postmedia Network Canada

While markets are a powerful pricing mechanism, share prices reflect investor sentiment, not just underlying business performance. 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.

During three years of share price growth, Postmedia Network Canada moved from a loss to profitability. So we would expect a higher share price over the period.

The image below shows how EPS has tracked over time (if you click on the image you can see greater detail).

This free interactive report on Postmedia Network Canada's earnings, revenue and cash flow is a great place to start, if you want to investigate the stock further.

A Different Perspective

Postmedia Network Canada shareholders have received returns of 41% over twelve months, which isn't far from the general market return. The silver lining is that the share price is up in the short term, which flies in the face of the annualised loss of 10% over the last five years. We're pretty skeptical of turnaround stories, but it's good to see the recent share price recovery. 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. Like risks, for instance. Every company has them, and we've spotted 3 warning signs for Postmedia Network Canada (of which 2 are a bit concerning!) you should know about.

Of course Postmedia Network Canada may not be the best stock to buy. So you may wish to see this free collection of growth stocks.

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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