Investors Who Bought Sempio Foods (KRX:248170) Shares A Year Ago Are Now Up 57%

These days it's easy to simply buy an index fund, and your returns should (roughly) match the market. But if you pick the right individual stocks, you could make more than that. For example, the Sempio Foods Company (KRX:248170) share price is up 57% in the last year, clearly besting the market return of around 41% (not including dividends). That's a solid performance by our standards! Also impressive, the stock is up 37% over three years, making long term shareholders happy, too.

See our latest analysis for Sempio Foods

To paraphrase Benjamin Graham: Over the short term the market is a voting machine, but over the long term it's a weighing machine. By comparing earnings per share (EPS) and share price changes over time, we can get a feel for how investor attitudes to a company have morphed over time.

Sempio Foods was able to grow EPS by 44% in the last twelve months. This EPS growth is significantly lower than the 57% increase in the share price. So it's fair to assume the market has a higher opinion of the business than it a year ago.

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

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

A Different Perspective

Pleasingly, Sempio Foods' total shareholder return last year was 58%. That includes the value of the dividend. So this year's TSR was actually better than the three-year TSR (annualized) of 12%. The improving returns to shareholders suggests the stock is becoming more popular with time. Is Sempio Foods cheap compared to other companies? These 3 valuation measures might help you decide.

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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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