Did You Miss Sinofert Holdings' (HKG:297) 19% Share Price Gain?

On average, over time, stock markets tend to rise higher. This makes investing attractive. But if you choose that path, you're going to buy some stocks that fall short of the market. For example, the Sinofert Holdings Limited (HKG:297), share price is up over the last year, but its gain of 19% trails the market return. Unfortunately the longer term returns are not so good, with the stock falling 4.7% in the last three years.

Check out our latest analysis for Sinofert Holdings

While the efficient markets hypothesis continues to be taught by some, it has been proven that markets are over-reactive dynamic systems, and investors are not always rational. 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.

Sinofert Holdings was able to grow EPS by 3.8% in the last twelve months. The share price gain of 19% certainly outpaced the EPS growth. This indicates that the market is now more optimistic about the stock.

You can see below how EPS has changed over time (discover the exact values by clicking on the image).

We know that Sinofert Holdings has improved its bottom line over the last three years, but what does the future have in store? This free interactive report on Sinofert Holdings' balance sheet strength is a great place to start, if you want to investigate the stock further.

What About Dividends?

It is important to consider the total shareholder return, as well as the share price return, for any given stock. The TSR incorporates the value of any spin-offs or discounted capital raisings, along with any dividends, based on the assumption that the dividends are reinvested. Arguably, the TSR gives a more comprehensive picture of the return generated by a stock. We note that for Sinofert Holdings the TSR over the last year was 24%, which is better than the share price return mentioned above. And there's no prize for guessing that the dividend payments largely explain the divergence!

A Different Perspective

Sinofert Holdings shareholders have received returns of 24% over twelve months (even including dividends), which isn't far from the general market return. That gain looks pretty satisfying, and it is even better than the five-year TSR of 1.8% per year. Even if the share price growth slows down from here, there's a good chance that this is business worth watching in the long term. It's always interesting to track share price performance over the longer term. But to understand Sinofert Holdings better, we need to consider many other factors. Even so, be aware that Sinofert Holdings is showing 2 warning signs in our investment analysis , you should know about...

We will like Sinofert Holdings better if we see some big insider buys. While we wait, check out this free list of growing companies with considerable, recent, insider buying.

Please note, the market returns quoted in this article reflect the market weighted average returns of stocks that currently trade on HK exchanges.

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