Nanjing Sample Technology's(HKG:1708) Share Price Is Down 69% Over The Past Three Years.

If you are building a properly diversified stock portfolio, the chances are some of your picks will perform badly. But the long term shareholders of Nanjing Sample Technology Company Limited (HKG:1708) have had an unfortunate run in the last three years. Regrettably, they have had to cope with a 69% drop in the share price over that period. The more recent news is of little comfort, with the share price down 60% in a year. The silver lining is that the stock is up 4.6% in about a week.

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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.

Nanjing Sample Technology saw its EPS decline at a compound rate of 50% per year, over the last three years. This fall in the EPS is worse than the 32% compound annual share price fall. This suggests that the market retains some optimism around long term earnings stability, despite past EPS declines. With a P/E ratio of 63.67, it's fair to say the market sees a brighter future for the business.

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

It might be well worthwhile taking a look at our free report on Nanjing Sample Technology's earnings, revenue and cash flow.

A Different Perspective

Investors in Nanjing Sample Technology had a tough year, with a total loss of 60%, against a market gain of about 3.9%. Even the share prices of good stocks drop sometimes, but we want to see improvements in the fundamental metrics of a business, before getting too interested. Regrettably, last year's performance caps off a bad run, with the shareholders facing a total loss of 9% per year over five years. Generally speaking long term share price weakness can be a bad sign, though contrarian investors might want to research the stock in hope of a turnaround. It's always interesting to track share price performance over the longer term. But to understand Nanjing Sample Technology better, we need to consider many other factors. Even so, be aware that Nanjing Sample Technology is showing 3 warning signs in our investment analysis , and 2 of those shouldn'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 HK exchanges.

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