New Silkroad Culturaltainment (HKG:472 investor five-year losses grow to 52% as the stock sheds HK$77m this past week

While not a mind-blowing move, it is good to see that the New Silkroad Culturaltainment Limited (HKG:472) share price has gained 12% in the last three months. But don't envy holders -- looking back over 5 years the returns have been really bad. Indeed, the share price is down 52% in the period. So we're not so sure if the recent bounce should be celebrated. But it could be that the fall was overdone.

Since New Silkroad Culturaltainment has shed HK$77m from its value in the past 7 days, let's see if the longer term decline has been driven by the business' economics.

See our latest analysis for New Silkroad Culturaltainment

New Silkroad Culturaltainment wasn't profitable in the last twelve months, it is unlikely we'll see a strong correlation between its share price and its earnings per share (EPS). Arguably revenue is our next best option. When a company doesn't make profits, we'd generally hope to see good revenue growth. As you can imagine, fast revenue growth, when maintained, often leads to fast profit growth.

Over five years, New Silkroad Culturaltainment grew its revenue at 27% per year. That's better than most loss-making companies. Unfortunately for shareholders the share price has dropped 9% per year - disappointing considering the growth. This could mean high expectations have been tempered, potentially because investors are looking to the bottom line. Given the revenue growth we'd consider the stock to be quite an interesting prospect if the company has a clear path to profitability.

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

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 good to see that New Silkroad Culturaltainment has rewarded shareholders with a total shareholder return of 8.4% in the last twelve months. Notably the five-year annualised TSR loss of 9% per year compares very unfavourably with the recent share price performance. The long term loss makes us cautious, but the short term TSR gain certainly hints at a brighter future. 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. Take risks, for example - New Silkroad Culturaltainment has 3 warning signs (and 2 which are a bit concerning) we think you should know about.

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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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