The 10% return this week takes Greenpanel Industries' (NSE:GREENPANEL) shareholders one-year gains to 445%

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Simply Wall St
Published
August 30, 2021
NSEI:GREENPANEL
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While some are satisfied with an index fund, active investors aim to find truly magnificent investments on the stock market. While not every stock performs well, when investors win, they can win big. In the case of Greenpanel Industries Limited (NSE:GREENPANEL), the share price is up an incredible 445% in the last year alone. Better yet, the share price has risen 10% in the last week. Note that businesses generally develop over the long term, so the returns over the last year might not reflect a long term trend.

On the back of a solid 7-day performance, let's check what role the company's fundamentals have played in driving long term shareholder returns.

See our latest analysis for Greenpanel Industries

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.

Greenpanel Industries went from making a loss to reporting a profit, in the last year.

When a company is just on the edge of profitability it can be well worth considering other metrics in order to more precisely gauge growth (and therefore understand share price movements).

We think that the revenue growth of 64% could have some investors interested. We do see some companies suppress earnings in order to accelerate revenue growth.

The company's revenue and earnings (over time) are depicted in the image below (click to see the exact numbers).

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NSEI:GREENPANEL Earnings and Revenue Growth August 31st 2021

We consider it positive that insiders have made significant purchases in the last year. Even so, future earnings will be far more important to whether current shareholders make money. So it makes a lot of sense to check out what analysts think Greenpanel Industries will earn in the future (free profit forecasts).

A Different Perspective

Greenpanel Industries boasts a total shareholder return of 445% for the last year. The more recent returns haven't been as impressive as the longer term returns, coming in at just 3.1%. It seems likely the market is waiting on fundamental developments with the business before pushing the share price higher (or lower). 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. Consider for instance, the ever-present spectre of investment risk. We've identified 1 warning sign with Greenpanel Industries , and understanding them should be part of your investment process.

Greenpanel Industries is not the only stock insiders are buying. So take a peek at this free list of growing companies with insider buying.

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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