C4X Discovery Holdings (LON:C4XD shareholders incur further losses as stock declines 14% this week, taking five-year losses to 58%

C4X Discovery Holdings plc (LON:C4XD) shareholders will doubtless be very grateful to see the share price up 36% in the last quarter. But that doesn't change the fact that the returns over the last half decade have been disappointing. Indeed, the share price is down 58% in the period. So we're hesitant to put much weight behind the short term increase. We'd err towards caution given the long term under-performance.

Given the past week has been tough on shareholders, let's investigate the fundamentals and see what we can learn.

View our latest analysis for C4X Discovery Holdings

Given that C4X Discovery Holdings 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. When a company doesn't make profits, we'd generally expect to see good revenue growth. As you can imagine, fast revenue growth, when maintained, often leads to fast profit growth.

In the last half decade, C4X Discovery Holdings saw its revenue increase by 13% per year. That's a fairly respectable growth rate. The share price, meanwhile, has fallen 10% compounded, over five years. It seems probably that the business has failed to live up to initial expectations. A pessimistic market can create opportunities.

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

This free interactive report on C4X Discovery Holdings' balance sheet strength is a great place to start, if you want to investigate the stock further.

A Different Perspective

We're pleased to report that C4X Discovery Holdings shareholders have received a total shareholder return of 15% over one year. Notably the five-year annualised TSR loss of 10% per year compares very unfavourably with the recent share price performance. This makes us a little wary, but the business might have turned around its fortunes. It's always interesting to track share price performance over the longer term. But to understand C4X Discovery Holdings better, we need to consider many other factors. For instance, we've identified 2 warning signs for C4X Discovery Holdings (1 is a bit concerning) 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 GB exchanges.

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