The one-year returns have been stellar for Voltabox (FRA:VBX) shareholders despite underlying losses increasing

When you buy shares in a company, there is always a risk that the price drops to zero. But when you pick a company that is really flourishing, you can make more than 100%. For example, the Voltabox AG (FRA:VBX) share price has soared 120% return in just a single year. Better yet, the share price has gained 150% in the last quarter. It is also impressive that the stock is up 91% over three years, adding to the sense that it is a real winner.

Since it's been a strong week for Voltabox shareholders, let's have a look at trend of the longer term fundamentals.

View our latest analysis for Voltabox

Voltabox 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 hope to see good revenue growth. That's because it's hard to be confident a company will be sustainable if revenue growth is negligible, and it never makes a profit.

In the last year Voltabox saw its revenue shrink by 27%. We're a little surprised to see the share price pop 120% in the last year. It just goes to show the market doesn't always pay attention to the reported numbers. It's quite likely the revenue fall was already priced in, anyway.

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

You can see how its balance sheet has strengthened (or weakened) over time in this free interactive graphic.

A Different Perspective

It's nice to see that Voltabox shareholders have received a total shareholder return of 120% over the last year. Notably the five-year annualised TSR loss of 10% per year compares very unfavourably with the recent share price performance. We generally put more weight on the long term performance over the short term, but the recent improvement could hint at a (positive) inflection point within the business. It's always interesting to track share price performance over the longer term. But to understand Voltabox better, we need to consider many other factors. To that end, you should learn about the 4 warning signs we've spotted with Voltabox (including 3 which are significant) .

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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 German exchanges.

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