Maoyan Entertainment (HKG:1896 investor five-year losses grow to 42% as the stock sheds HK$475m this past week

The main aim of stock picking is to find the market-beating stocks. But every investor is virtually certain to have both over-performing and under-performing stocks. So we wouldn't blame long term Maoyan Entertainment (HKG:1896) shareholders for doubting their decision to hold, with the stock down 42% over a half decade.

Since Maoyan Entertainment has shed HK$475m from its value in the past 7 days, let's see if the longer term decline has been driven by the business' economics.

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There is no denying that markets are sometimes efficient, but prices do not always reflect underlying business performance. 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.

During five years of share price growth, Maoyan Entertainment moved from a loss to profitability. That would generally be considered a positive, so we are surprised to see the share price is down. Other metrics may better explain the share price move.

Arguably, the revenue drop of 8.1% a year for half a decade suggests that the company can't grow in the long term. This has probably encouraged some shareholders to sell down the stock.

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

Maoyan Entertainment is a well known stock, with plenty of analyst coverage, suggesting some visibility into future growth. Given we have quite a good number of analyst forecasts, it might be well worth checking out this free chart depicting consensus estimates.

A Different Perspective

Although it hurts that Maoyan Entertainment returned a loss of 8.5% in the last twelve months, the broader market was actually worse, returning a loss of 12%. Of far more concern is the 7% p.a. loss served to shareholders over the last five years. This sort of share price action isn't particularly encouraging, but at least the losses are slowing. Is Maoyan Entertainment cheap compared to other companies? These 3 valuation measures might help you decide.

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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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