Investors Who Bought Kamada (TLV:KMDA) Shares Five Years Ago Are Now Up 38%

When you buy and hold a stock for the long term, you definitely want it to provide a positive return. But more than that, you probably want to see it rise more than the market average. But Kamada Ltd. (TLV:KMDA) has fallen short of that second goal, with a share price rise of 38% over five years, which is below the market return. Zooming in, the stock is up a respectable 6.3% in the last year.

Check out our latest analysis for Kamada

There is no denying that markets are sometimes efficient, but prices do not always reflect underlying business performance. One imperfect but simple way to consider how the market perception of a company has shifted is to compare the change in the earnings per share (EPS) with the share price movement.

During the five years of share price growth, Kamada moved from a loss to profitability. That's generally thought to be a genuine positive, so we would expect to see an increasing share price. Since the company was unprofitable five years ago, but not three years ago, it's worth taking a look at the returns in the last three years, too. Indeed, the Kamada share price has gained 17% in three years. During the same period, EPS grew by 29% each year. This EPS growth is higher than the 5% average annual increase in the share price over the same three years. Therefore, it seems the market has moderated its expectations for growth, somewhat.

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

Dive deeper into Kamada's key metrics by checking this interactive graph of Kamada's earnings, revenue and cash flow.

A Different Perspective

Kamada provided a TSR of 6.3% over the year. That's fairly close to the broader market return. We should note here that the five-year TSR is more impressive, at 7% per year. More recently, the share price growth has slowed. But it has to be said the overall picture is one of good long term and short term performance. Arguably that makes Kamada a stock worth watching. I find it very interesting to look at share price over the long term as a proxy for business performance. But to truly gain insight, we need to consider other information, too. Case in point: We've spotted 2 warning signs for Kamada you should be aware of, and 1 of them is potentially serious.

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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 IL exchanges.

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