Does Kyung Dong Pharmaceutical's (KOSDAQ:011040) Share Price Gain of 27% Match Its Business Performance?

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 Kyung Dong Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. (KOSDAQ:011040) share price is up 27%, but that's less than the broader market return. In contrast, the longer term returns are negative, since the share price is 20% lower than it was three years ago.

View our latest analysis for Kyung Dong Pharmaceutical

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 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.

Kyung Dong Pharmaceutical was able to grow EPS by 119% in the last twelve months. It's fair to say that the share price gain of 27% did not keep pace with the EPS growth. Therefore, it seems the market isn't as excited about Kyung Dong Pharmaceutical as it was before. This could be an opportunity.

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

Before buying or selling a stock, we always recommend a close examination of historic growth trends, available here.

A Different Perspective

Kyung Dong Pharmaceutical provided a TSR of 28% over the last twelve months. Unfortunately this falls short of the market return. On the bright side, that's still a gain, and it's actually better than the average return of 5% over half a decade This could indicate that the company is winning over new investors, as it pursues its strategy. While it is well worth considering the different impacts that market conditions can have on the share price, there are other factors that are even more important. Even so, be aware that Kyung Dong Pharmaceutical is showing 4 warning signs in our investment analysis , and 1 of those doesn't sit too well with us...

But note: Kyung Dong Pharmaceutical may not be the best stock to buy. So take a peek at this free list of interesting companies with past earnings growth (and further growth forecast).

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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