Nexi (BIT:NEXI) Shareholders Have Enjoyed A 37% Share Price Gain

If you want to compound wealth in the stock market, you can do so by buying an index fund. But investors can boost returns by picking market-beating companies to own shares in. To wit, the Nexi S.p.A. (BIT:NEXI) share price is 37% higher than it was a year ago, much better than the market decline of around 8.9% (not including dividends) in the same period. So that should have shareholders smiling. Note that businesses generally develop over the long term, so the returns over the last year might not reflect a long term trend.

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While the efficient markets hypothesis continues to be taught by some, it has been proven that markets are over-reactive dynamic systems, and investors are not always rational. 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).

Nexi boasted truly magnificent EPS growth in the last year. This remarkable growth rate may not be sustainable, but it is still impressive. We are not surprised the share price is up. Strong growth like this can be evidence of a fundamental inflection point in the business, making it a good time to investigate the stock more closely.

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

We know that Nexi has improved its bottom line lately, but is it going to grow revenue? Check if analysts think Nexi will grow revenue in the future.

A Different Perspective

Nexi shareholders should be happy with the total gain of 37% over the last twelve months. Unfortunately the share price is down 1.8% over the last quarter. Shorter term share price moves often don't signify much about the business itself. I find it very interesting to look at share price over the long term as a proxy for business performance. But to truly gain insight, we need to consider other information, too. Case in point: We've spotted 1 warning sign for Nexi you should be aware of.

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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 IT exchanges.

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