If You Had Bought Parrot (EPA:PARRO) Shares A Year Ago You'd Have Earned 130% Returns

When you buy shares in a company, there is always a risk that the price drops to zero. But if you pick the right business to buy shares in, you can make more than you can lose. For example, the Parrot S.A. (EPA:PARRO) share price had more than doubled in just one year - up 130%. It's also good to see the share price up 50% over the last quarter. In contrast, the longer term returns are negative, since the share price is 21% lower than it was three years ago.

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Given that Parrot didn't make a profit in the last twelve months, we'll focus on revenue growth to form a quick view of its business development. Generally speaking, companies without profits are expected to grow revenue every year, and at a good clip. 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 Parrot saw its revenue shrink by 33%. So we would not have expected the share price to rise 130%. This is a good example of how buyers can push up prices even before the fundamental metrics show much growth. 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).

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.

A Different Perspective

It's nice to see that Parrot shareholders have received a total shareholder return of 130% over the last year. That certainly beats the loss of about 11% per year over the last half decade. 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 Parrot better, we need to consider many other factors. For example, we've discovered 2 warning signs for Parrot (1 is potentially serious!) that you should be aware of before investing here.

But note: Parrot may not be the best stock to buy. So take a peek at this free list of interesting companies with past earnings growth (and further growth forecast).

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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