If You Had Bought Mr. Bricolage (EPA:ALMRB) Shares A Year Ago You'd Have Earned88% Returns

If you want to compound wealth in the stock market, you can do so by buying an index fund. But one can do better than that by picking better than average stocks (as part of a diversified portfolio). For example, the Mr. Bricolage SA (EPA:ALMRB) share price is up 88% in the last year, clearly besting the market decline of around 6.7% (not including dividends). If it can keep that out-performance up over the long term, investors will do very well! On the other hand, longer term shareholders have had a tougher run, with the stock falling 65% in three years.

View our latest analysis for Mr. Bricolage

Mr. Bricolage isn't currently profitable, so most analysts would look to revenue growth to get an idea of how fast the underlying business is growing. Shareholders of unprofitable companies usually expect strong 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.

Mr. Bricolage grew its revenue by 2.5% last year. That's not a very high growth rate considering it doesn't make profits. In keeping with the revenue growth, the share price gained 88% in that time. While not a huge gain tht seems pretty reasonable. It could be worth keeping an eye on this one, especially if growth accelerates.

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

Balance sheet strength is crucial. It might be well worthwhile taking a look at our free report on how its financial position has changed over time.

What about the Total Shareholder Return (TSR)?

We'd be remiss not to mention the difference between Mr. Bricolage's total shareholder return (TSR) and its share price return. The TSR attempts to capture the value of dividends (as if they were reinvested) as well as any spin-offs or discounted capital raisings offered to shareholders. Mr. Bricolage's TSR of 88% for the year exceeded its share price return, because it has paid dividends.

A Different Perspective

We're pleased to report that Mr. Bricolage shareholders have received a total shareholder return of 88% over one year. There's no doubt those recent returns are much better than the TSR loss of 8.6% per year over five years. The long term loss makes us cautious, but the short term TSR gain certainly hints at a brighter future. I find it very interesting to look at share price over the long term as a proxy for business performance. But to truly gain insight, we need to consider other information, too. Even so, be aware that Mr. Bricolage is showing 2 warning signs in our investment analysis , you should know about...

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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 FR exchanges.

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