Shareholders have faith in loss-making Hong Kong ChaoShang Group (HKG:2322) as stock climbs 14% in past week, taking five-year gain to 138%

The worst result, after buying shares in a company (assuming no leverage), would be if you lose all the money you put in. But on the bright side, if you buy shares in a high quality company at the right price, you can gain well over 100%. For example, the Hong Kong ChaoShang Group Limited (HKG:2322) share price has soared 138% in the last half decade. Most would be very happy with that. In more good news, the share price has risen 43% in thirty days.

On the back of a solid 7-day performance, let's check what role the company's fundamentals have played in driving long term shareholder returns.

Check out our latest analysis for Hong Kong ChaoShang Group

Given that Hong Kong ChaoShang Group 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 hope to see good revenue growth. That's because fast revenue growth can be easily extrapolated to forecast profits, often of considerable size.

In the last 5 years Hong Kong ChaoShang Group saw its revenue shrink by 4.8% per year. On the other hand, the share price done the opposite, gaining 19%, compound, each year. It's a good reminder that expectations about the future, not the past history, always impact share prices. Still, we are a bit cautious in this kind of situation.

The company's revenue and earnings (over time) are depicted in the image below (click to see the exact numbers).

This free interactive report on Hong Kong ChaoShang Group's balance sheet strength is a great place to start, if you want to investigate the stock further.

A Different Perspective

It's nice to see that Hong Kong ChaoShang Group shareholders have received a total shareholder return of 27% over the last year. Since the one-year TSR is better than the five-year TSR (the latter coming in at 19% per year), it would seem that the stock's performance has improved in recent times. In the best case scenario, this may hint at some real business momentum, implying that now could be a great time to delve deeper. 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. Case in point: We've spotted 2 warning signs for Hong Kong ChaoShang Group you should be aware of, and 1 of them can't be ignored.

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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 Hong Kong exchanges.

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