What Type Of Returns Would Braemar Shipping Services'(LON:BMS) Shareholders Have Earned If They Purchased Their SharesFive Years Ago?

It is a pleasure to report that the Braemar Shipping Services Plc (LON:BMS) is up 48% in the last quarter. But if you look at the last five years the returns have not been good. After all, the share price is down 57% in that time, significantly under-performing the market.

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To paraphrase Benjamin Graham: Over the short term the market is a voting machine, but over the long term it's a weighing machine. By comparing earnings per share (EPS) and share price changes over time, we can get a feel for how investor attitudes to a company have morphed over time.

Braemar Shipping Services became profitable within the last five years. Most would consider that to be a good thing, so it's counter-intuitive to see the share price declining. Other metrics might give us a better handle on how its value is changing over time.

It could be that the revenue decline of 7.4% per year is viewed as evidence that Braemar Shipping Services is shrinking. This has probably encouraged some shareholders to sell down the stock.

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

It is of course excellent to see how Braemar Shipping Services has grown profits over the years, but the future is more important for shareholders. 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 Braemar Shipping Services' total shareholder return (TSR) and its share price return. The TSR is a return calculation that accounts for the value of cash dividends (assuming that any dividend received was reinvested) and the calculated value of any discounted capital raisings and spin-offs. Its history of dividend payouts mean that Braemar Shipping Services' TSR, which was a 46% drop over the last 5 years, was not as bad as the share price return.

A Different Perspective

While it's never nice to take a loss, Braemar Shipping Services shareholders can take comfort that their trailing twelve month loss of 2.8% wasn't as bad as the market loss of around 5.6%. What is more upsetting is the 8% per annum loss investors have suffered over the last half decade. While the losses are slowing we doubt many shareholders are happy with the stock. 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 Braemar Shipping Services is showing 3 warning signs in our investment analysis , you should know about...

But note: Braemar Shipping Services 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 GB exchanges.

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