Shree Renuka Sugars (NSE:RENUKA) Share Prices Have Dropped 36% In The Last Three Years

For many investors, the main point of stock picking is to generate higher returns than the overall market. But if you try your hand at stock picking, your risk returning less than the market. Unfortunately, that's been the case for longer term Shree Renuka Sugars Limited (NSE:RENUKA) shareholders, since the share price is down 36% in the last three years, falling well short of the market return of around 18%. More recently, the share price has dropped a further 17% in a month.

View our latest analysis for Shree Renuka Sugars

Given that Shree Renuka Sugars didn't make a profit in the last twelve months, we'll focus on revenue growth to form a quick view of its business development. When a company doesn't make profits, we'd generally expect to see good revenue growth. Some companies are willing to postpone profitability to grow revenue faster, but in that case one does expect good top-line growth.

The graphic below depicts how earnings and revenue have changed over time (unveil the exact values by clicking on the image).

Balance sheet strength is crucial. It might be well worthwhile taking a look at our free report on how its financial position has changed over time.

A Different Perspective

Shree Renuka Sugars shareholders are up 19% for the year. Unfortunately this falls short of the market return. But at least that's still a gain! Over five years the TSR has been a reduction of 2% per year, over five years. So this might be a sign the business has turned its fortunes around. While it is well worth considering the different impacts that market conditions can have on the share price, there are other factors that are even more important. Take risks, for example - Shree Renuka Sugars has 4 warning signs (and 2 which don't sit too well with us) we think you should know about.

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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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