Genimous Technology (SZSE:000676) investors are up 20% in the past week, but earnings have declined over the last five years

Generally speaking the aim of active stock picking is to find companies that provide returns that are superior to the market average. Buying under-rated businesses is one path to excess returns. To wit, the Genimous Technology share price has climbed 14% in five years, easily topping the market decline of 2.6% (ignoring dividends). However, more recent returns haven't been as impressive as that, with the stock returning just 7.1% in the last year.

After a strong gain in the past week, it's worth seeing if longer term returns have been driven by improving fundamentals.

View our latest analysis for Genimous Technology

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...' One flawed but reasonable way to assess how sentiment around a company has changed is to compare the earnings per share (EPS) with the share price.

During the five years of share price growth, Genimous Technology moved from a loss to profitability. That would generally be considered a positive, so we'd hope to see the share price to rise.

The graphic below depicts how EPS has changed over time (unveil the exact values by clicking on the image).

Dive deeper into Genimous Technology's key metrics by checking this interactive graph of Genimous Technology's earnings, revenue and cash flow.

A Different Perspective

It's nice to see that Genimous Technology shareholders have received a total shareholder return of 7.1% over the last year. That's better than the annualised return of 3% over half a decade, implying that the company is doing better recently. In the best case scenario, this may hint at some real business momentum, implying that now could be a great time to delve deeper. Is Genimous Technology cheap compared to other companies? These 3 valuation measures might help you decide.

We will like Genimous Technology better if we see some big insider buys. While we wait, check out this free list of undervalued stocks (mostly small caps) with considerable, recent, insider buying.

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

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