Would Shareholders Who Purchased Lutronic's (KOSDAQ:085370) Stock Five Years Be Happy With The Share price Today?

Lutronic Corporation (KOSDAQ:085370) shareholders will doubtless be very grateful to see the share price up 121% in the last quarter. But that is little comfort to those holding over the last half decade, sitting on a big loss. The share price has failed to impress anyone , down a sizable 60% during that time. So we're not so sure if the recent bounce should be celebrated. But it could be that the fall was overdone.

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Given that Lutronic didn't make a profit in the last twelve months, we'll focus on revenue growth to form a quick view of its business development. Generally speaking, companies without profits are expected to grow revenue every year, and at a good clip. As you can imagine, fast revenue growth, when maintained, often leads to fast profit growth.

In the last half decade, Lutronic saw its revenue increase by 9.2% per year. That's a pretty good rate for a long time period. The share price, meanwhile, has fallen 10% compounded, over five years. It seems probably that the business has failed to live up to initial expectations. That could lead to an opportunity if the company is going to become profitable sooner rather than later.

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

Lutronic shareholders are up 39% for the year. But that was short of the market average. On the bright side, that's still a gain, and it is certainly better than the yearly loss of about 10% endured over half a decade. 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 Lutronic better, we need to consider many other factors. Consider risks, for instance. Every company has them, and we've spotted 1 warning sign for Lutronic you should know about.

We will like Lutronic better if we see some big insider buys. While we wait, check out this free list of growing companies with considerable, recent, insider buying.

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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