Even though Crossject Société Anonyme (EPA:ALCJ) has lost €32m market cap in last 7 days, shareholders are still up 70% over 5 years

The Crossject Société Anonyme (EPA:ALCJ) share price is down a rather concerning 33% in the last month. Looking further back, the stock has generated good profits over five years. Its return of 70% has certainly bested the market return!

Although Crossject Société Anonyme has shed €32m from its market cap this week, let's take a look at its longer term fundamental trends and see if they've driven returns.

Check out our latest analysis for Crossject Société Anonyme

Crossject Société Anonyme 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 expect to see good revenue growth. That's because fast revenue growth can be easily extrapolated to forecast profits, often of considerable size.

For the last half decade, Crossject Société Anonyme can boast revenue growth at a rate of 18% per year. Even measured against other revenue-focussed companies, that's a good result. It's good to see that the stock has 11%, but not entirely surprising given revenue shows strong growth. If the strong revenue growth continues, we'd expect the share price to follow, in time. Opportunity lies where the market hasn't fully priced growth in the underlying business.

You can see below how earnings and revenue have changed over time (discover the exact values by clicking on the image).

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

A Different Perspective

While the broader market gained around 6.6% in the last year, Crossject Société Anonyme shareholders lost 27%. Even the share prices of good stocks drop sometimes, but we want to see improvements in the fundamental metrics of a business, before getting too interested. Longer term investors wouldn't be so upset, since they would have made 11%, each year, over five years. If the fundamental data continues to indicate long term sustainable growth, the current sell-off could be an opportunity worth considering. 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. For instance, we've identified 3 warning signs for Crossject Société Anonyme (2 are potentially serious) that you should be aware of.

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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 French exchanges.

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