Does IIFL Securities' (NSE:IIFLSEC) Share Price Gain of 21% Match Its Business Performance?

On average, over time, stock markets tend to rise higher. This makes investing attractive. But not every stock you buy will perform as well as the overall market. Over the last year the IIFL Securities Limited (NSE:IIFLSEC) share price is up 21%, but that's less than the broader market return. Note that businesses generally develop over the long term, so the returns over the last year might not reflect a long term trend.

Check out our latest analysis for IIFL Securities

To paraphrase Benjamin Graham: Over the short term the market is a voting machine, but over the long term it's a weighing machine. 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.

Over the last twelve months, IIFL Securities actually shrank its EPS by 23%.

So we don't think that investors are paying too much attention to EPS. Since the change in EPS doesn't seem to correlate with the change in share price, it's worth taking a look at other metrics.

We think that the revenue growth of 5.3% could have some investors interested. We do see some companies suppress earnings in order to accelerate revenue growth.

The image below shows how earnings and revenue have tracked over time (if you click on the image you can see greater detail).

This free interactive report on IIFL Securities' balance sheet strength is a great place to start, if you want to investigate the stock further.

A Different Perspective

IIFL Securities shareholders have gained 21% for the year (even including dividends). Unfortunately this falls short of the market return of around 40%. However, that falls short of the 24% gain it has made, for shareholders, in the last three months. It's worth taking note when returns accelerate, as it can indicate positive change in the underlying business, and winners often keep winning. It's always interesting to track share price performance over the longer term. But to understand IIFL Securities better, we need to consider many other factors. For example, we've discovered 1 warning sign for IIFL Securities that you should be aware of before investing here.

If you would prefer to check out another company -- one with potentially superior financials -- then do not miss this free list of companies that have proven they can grow earnings.

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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