If You Had Bought TVA Group's (TSE:TVA.B) Shares Five Years Ago You Would Be Down 49%

TVA Group Inc. (TSE:TVA.B) shareholders should be happy to see the share price up 11% in the last quarter. But over the last half decade, the stock has not performed well. In fact, the share price is down 49%, which falls well short of the return you could get by buying an index fund.

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In his essay The Superinvestors of Graham-and-Doddsville Warren Buffett described how share prices do not always rationally reflect the value of a business. One way to examine how market sentiment has changed over time is to look at the interaction between a company's share price and its earnings per share (EPS).

TVA Group became profitable within the last five years. Most would consider that to be a good thing, so it's counter-intuitive to see the share price declining. Other metrics might give us a better handle on how its value is changing over time.

The revenue fall of 2.6% per year for five years is neither good nor terrible. But it's quite possible the market had expected better; a closer look at the revenue trends might explain the pessimism.

The image below shows how earnings and revenue have tracked over time (if you click on the image you can see greater detail).

It is of course excellent to see how TVA Group has grown profits over the years, but the future is more important for shareholders. Take a more thorough look at TVA Group's financial health with this free report on its balance sheet.

A Different Perspective

TVA Group provided a TSR of 1.4% over the last twelve months. Unfortunately this falls short of the market return. On the bright side, that's still a gain, and it is certainly better than the yearly loss of about 8% endured over half a decade. So this might be a sign the business has turned its fortunes around. It's always interesting to track share price performance over the longer term. But to understand TVA Group better, we need to consider many other factors. Consider risks, for instance. Every company has them, and we've spotted 1 warning sign for TVA Group you should know about.

But note: TVA Group 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 CA exchanges.

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