Hyung Kuk F&B's (KOSDAQ:189980) Stock Price Has Reduced 71% In The Past Five Years

It is doubtless a positive to see that the Hyung Kuk F&B Co., Ltd. (KOSDAQ:189980) share price has gained some 37% in the last three months. But that doesn't change the fact that the returns over the last half decade have been disappointing. In that time the share price has delivered a rude shock to holders, who find themselves down 71% after a long stretch. Some might say the recent bounce is to be expected after such a bad drop. But it could be that the fall was overdone.

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To paraphrase Benjamin Graham: Over the short term the market is a voting machine, but over the long term it's a weighing machine. 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.

During the five years over which the share price declined, Hyung Kuk F&B's earnings per share (EPS) dropped by 19% each year. Notably, the share price has fallen at 22% per year, fairly close to the change in the EPS. This suggests that market participants have not changed their view of the company all that much. So it's fair to say the share price has been responding to changes in EPS.

You can see how EPS has changed over time in the image below (click on the chart to see the exact values).

Dive deeper into Hyung Kuk F&B's key metrics by checking this interactive graph of Hyung Kuk F&B's earnings, revenue and cash flow.

A Different Perspective

Hyung Kuk F&B provided a TSR of 21% over the last twelve months. But that was short of the market average. But at least that's still a gain! Over five years the TSR has been a reduction of 11% 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 Hyung Kuk F&B better, we need to consider many other factors. Case in point: We've spotted 6 warning signs for Hyung Kuk F&B you should be aware of, and 1 of them is significant.

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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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