Recent 4.9% pullback isn't enough to hurt long-term Glenveagh Properties (ISE:GVR) shareholders, they're still up 47% over 3 years

One simple way to benefit from the stock market is to buy an index fund. But many of us dare to dream of bigger returns, and build a portfolio ourselves. For example, the Glenveagh Properties PLC (ISE:GVR) share price is up 47% in the last three years, clearly besting the market return of around 34% (not including dividends).

In light of the stock dropping 4.9% in the past week, we want to investigate the longer term story, and see if fundamentals have been the driver of the company's positive three-year return.

View our latest analysis for Glenveagh Properties

To paraphrase Benjamin Graham: Over the short term the market is a voting machine, but over the long term it's a weighing machine. 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 three years of share price growth, Glenveagh Properties moved from a loss to profitability. That would generally be considered a positive, so we'd expect the share price to be up.

You can see how EPS has changed over time in the image below (click on the chart to see the exact values).

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A Different Perspective

We're pleased to report that Glenveagh Properties rewarded shareholders with a total shareholder return of 41% over the last year. So this year's TSR was actually better than the three-year TSR (annualized) of 14%. Given the track record of solid returns over varying time frames, it might be worth putting Glenveagh Properties on your watchlist. Before spending more time on Glenveagh Properties it might be wise to click here to see if insiders have been buying or selling shares.

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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 IE exchanges.

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