Borges Agricultural & Industrial Nuts'(BME:BAIN) Share Price Is Down 48% Over The Past Three Years.

As an investor its worth striving to ensure your overall portfolio beats the market average. But its virtually certain that sometimes you will buy stocks that fall short of the market average returns. We regret to report that long term Borges Agricultural & Industrial Nuts, S.A. (BME:BAIN) shareholders have had that experience, with the share price dropping 48% in three years, versus a market decline of about 5.8%. The silver lining is that the stock is up 4.6% in about a week.

Check out our latest analysis for Borges Agricultural & Industrial Nuts

Borges Agricultural & Industrial Nuts 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. Generally speaking, companies without profits are expected to grow revenue every year, and at a good clip. As you can imagine, fast revenue growth, when maintained, often leads to fast profit growth.

Over the last three years, Borges Agricultural & Industrial Nuts' revenue dropped 6.3% per year. That's not what investors generally want to see. The annual decline of 14% per year in that period has clearly disappointed holders. That makes sense given the lack of either profits or revenue growth. However, in this kind of situation you can sometimes find opportunity, where sentiment is negative but the company is actually making good progress.

The company's revenue and earnings (over time) are depicted in the image below (click to see the exact numbers).

Take a more thorough look at Borges Agricultural & Industrial Nuts' financial health with this free report on its balance sheet.

A Different Perspective

Over the last year, Borges Agricultural & Industrial Nuts shareholders took a loss of 0.7%. In contrast the market gained about 38%. Of course the long term matters more than the short term, and even great stocks will sometimes have a poor year. However, the loss over the last year isn't as bad as the 14% per annum loss investors have suffered over the last three years. We'd need clear signs of growth in the underlying business before we could muster much enthusiasm for this one. 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 2 warning signs for Borges Agricultural & Industrial Nuts (of which 1 doesn't sit too well with us!) you should know about.

We will like Borges Agricultural & Industrial Nuts better if we see some big insider buys. While we wait, check out this free list of growing companies 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 ES exchanges.

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