Strong week for Crossject Société Anonyme (EPA:ALCJ) shareholders doesn't alleviate pain of one-year loss

Crossject Société Anonyme (EPA:ALCJ) shareholders should be happy to see the share price up 17% in the last month. But that doesn't change the reality of under-performance over the last twelve months. In fact the stock is down 47% in the last year, well below the market return.

On a more encouraging note the company has added €11m to its market cap in just the last 7 days, so let's see if we can determine what's driven the one-year loss for shareholders.

Check out our latest analysis for Crossject Société Anonyme

Crossject Société Anonyme isn't currently profitable, so most analysts would look to revenue growth to get an idea of how fast the underlying business is growing. 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.

Crossject Société Anonyme's revenue didn't grow at all in the last year. In fact, it fell 45%. That looks pretty grim, at a glance. The stock price has languished lately, falling 47% in a year. That seems pretty reasonable given the lack of both profits and revenue growth. It's hard to escape the conclusion that buyers must envision either growth down the track, cost cutting, or both.

You can see how earnings and revenue have changed over time in the image below (click on the chart to see the exact values).

This free interactive report on Crossject Société Anonyme's balance sheet strength is a great place to start, if you want to investigate the stock further.

A Different Perspective

Investors in Crossject Société Anonyme had a tough year, with a total loss of 46%, against a market gain of about 3.6%. However, keep in mind that even the best stocks will sometimes underperform the market over a twelve month period. Longer term investors wouldn't be so upset, since they would have made 8%, each year, over five years. It could be that the recent sell-off is an opportunity, so it may be worth checking the fundamental data for signs of a long term growth trend. It's always interesting to track share price performance over the longer term. But to understand Crossject Société Anonyme better, we need to consider many other factors. For example, we've discovered 4 warning signs for Crossject Société Anonyme (1 is significant!) that you should be aware of before investing here.

We will like Crossject Société Anonyme 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 French exchanges.

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