Inspirisys Solutions (NSE:INSPIRISYS) jumps 23% this week, though earnings growth is still tracking behind five-year shareholder returns

For many, the main point of investing in the stock market is to achieve spectacular returns. While not every stock performs well, when investors win, they can win big. To wit, the Inspirisys Solutions Limited (NSE:INSPIRISYS) share price has soared 377% over five years. This just goes to show the value creation that some businesses can achieve. And in the last month, the share price has gained 65%.

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.

Check out our latest analysis for Inspirisys Solutions

There is no denying that markets are sometimes efficient, but prices do not always reflect underlying business performance. One way to examine how market sentiment has changed over time is to look at the interaction between a company's share price and its earnings per share (EPS).

During the last half decade, Inspirisys Solutions became profitable. Sometimes, the start of profitability is a major inflection point that can signal fast earnings growth to come, which in turn justifies very strong share price gains.

The company's earnings per share (over time) is depicted in the image below (click to see the exact numbers).

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

A Different Perspective

It's nice to see that Inspirisys Solutions shareholders have received a total shareholder return of 141% over the last year. That's better than the annualised return of 37% over half a decade, implying that the company is doing better recently. Someone with an optimistic perspective could view the recent improvement in TSR as indicating that the business itself is getting better with time. 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. For example, we've discovered 3 warning signs for Inspirisys Solutions 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 Indian exchanges.

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