Would Shareholders Who Purchased Jay Bharat Maruti's (NSE:JAYBARMARU) Stock Three Years Be Happy With The Share price Today?

If you love investing in stocks you're bound to buy some losers. But long term Jay Bharat Maruti Limited (NSE:JAYBARMARU) shareholders have had a particularly rough ride in the last three year. Regrettably, they have had to cope with a 66% drop in the share price over that period. Unfortunately the share price momentum is still quite negative, with prices down 11% in thirty days. This could be related to the recent financial results - you can catch up on the most recent data by reading our company report.

See our latest analysis for Jay Bharat Maruti

While markets are a powerful pricing mechanism, share prices reflect investor sentiment, not just 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.

Jay Bharat Maruti saw its share price decline over the three years in which its EPS also dropped, falling to a loss. Since the company has fallen to a loss making position, it's hard to compare the change in EPS with the share price change. But it's safe to say we'd generally expect the share price to be lower as a result!

The graphic below depicts how EPS has changed over time (unveil the exact values by clicking on the image).

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

What about the Total Shareholder Return (TSR)?

We'd be remiss not to mention the difference between Jay Bharat Maruti's total shareholder return (TSR) and its share price return. Arguably the TSR is a more complete return calculation because it accounts for the value of dividends (as if they were reinvested), along with the hypothetical value of any discounted capital that have been offered to shareholders. Its history of dividend payouts mean that Jay Bharat Maruti's TSR, which was a 65% drop over the last 3 years, was not as bad as the share price return.

A Different Perspective

It's good to see that Jay Bharat Maruti has rewarded shareholders with a total shareholder return of 37% in the last twelve months. And that does include the dividend. That gain is better than the annual TSR over five years, which is 10%. Therefore it seems like sentiment around the company has been positive lately. In the best case scenario, this may hint at some real business momentum, implying that now could be a great time to delve deeper. 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. For example, we've discovered 5 warning signs for Jay Bharat Maruti (2 shouldn't be ignored!) that you should be aware of before investing here.

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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 IN exchanges.

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