Sýn hf (ICE:SYN) Share Prices Have Dropped 42% In The Last Three Years

Sýn hf. (ICE:SYN) shareholders will doubtless be very grateful to see the share price up 35% in the last quarter. But that doesn't change the fact that the returns over the last three years have been less than pleasing. After all, the share price is down 42% in the last three years, significantly under-performing the market.

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

Over the three years that the share price declined, Sýn hf's earnings per share (EPS) dropped significantly, 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. However, we can say we'd expect to see a falling share price in this scenario.

The image below shows how EPS has tracked over time (if you click on the image you can see greater detail).

It might be well worthwhile taking a look at our free report on Sýn hf's earnings, revenue and cash flow.

A Different Perspective

Sýn hf shareholders gained a total return of 6.8% during the year. But that return falls short of the market. But at least that's still a gain! Over five years the TSR has been a reduction of 3% per year, over five years. So this might be a sign the business has turned its fortunes around. It's always interesting to track share price performance over the longer term. But to understand Sýn hf better, we need to consider many other factors. Like risks, for instance. Every company has them, and we've spotted 4 warning signs for Sýn hf (of which 2 make us uncomfortable!) 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 IS exchanges.

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