Can You Imagine How Castelbajac's (KOSDAQ:308100) Shareholders Feel About The 19% Share Price Increase?

On average, over time, stock markets tend to rise higher. This makes investing attractive. But not every stock you buy will perform as well as the overall market. Over the last year the Castelbajac Co., Ltd. (KOSDAQ:308100) share price is up 19%, but that's less than the broader market return. 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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There is no denying that markets are sometimes efficient, but prices do not always reflect 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.

Over the last twelve months, Castelbajac actually shrank its EPS by 38%.

This means it's unlikely the market is judging the company based on earnings growth. Therefore, it seems likely that investors are putting more weight on metrics other than EPS, at the moment.

Unfortunately Castelbajac's fell 25% over twelve months. So using a snapshot of key business metrics doesn't give us a good picture of why the market is bidding up the stock.

You can see how earnings and revenue have changed over time in the image below (click on the chart to see the exact values).

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A Different Perspective

We're happy to report that Castelbajac are up 19% over the year. While it's always nice to make a profit on the stock market, we do note that the TSR was no better than the broader market return of about 33%. The stock trailed the market by 3.3% in that time, testament to the power of passive investing. But a weak quarter certainly doesn't diminish the longer-term achievements of the business. It's always interesting to track share price performance over the longer term. But to understand Castelbajac better, we need to consider many other factors. Take risks, for example - Castelbajac has 4 warning signs (and 1 which is a bit concerning) 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 KR exchanges.

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