If You Had Bought AdEPT Technology Group's (LON:ADT) Shares A Year Ago You Would Be Down 19%

It is doubtless a positive to see that the AdEPT Technology Group plc (LON:ADT) share price has gained some 33% in the last three months. But that doesn't change the fact that the returns over the last year have been less than pleasing. In fact, the price has declined 19% in a year, falling short of the returns you could get by investing in an index fund.

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To quote Buffett, 'Ships will sail around the world but the Flat Earth Society will flourish. There will continue to be wide discrepancies between price and value in the marketplace...' One flawed but reasonable way to assess how sentiment around a company has changed is to compare the earnings per share (EPS) with the share price.

During the last year AdEPT Technology Group saw its earnings per share drop below zero. Some investors no doubt dumped the stock as a result. We hope for shareholders' sake that the company becomes profitable again soon.

The image below shows how EPS has tracked over time (if you click on the image you can see greater detail).

Dive deeper into AdEPT Technology Group's key metrics by checking this interactive graph of AdEPT Technology Group's earnings, revenue and cash flow.

A Different Perspective

While the broader market lost about 0.03% in the twelve months, AdEPT Technology Group shareholders did even worse, losing 19%. However, it could simply be that the share price has been impacted by broader market jitters. It might be worth keeping an eye on the fundamentals, in case there's a good opportunity. Longer term investors wouldn't be so upset, since they would have made 5%, 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. 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. Even so, be aware that AdEPT Technology Group is showing 4 warning signs in our investment analysis , and 2 of those are potentially serious...

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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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