If You Had Bought BCWorld Pharm (KOSDAQ:200780) Stock A Year Ago, You Could Pocket A 75% Gain Today

These days it's easy to simply buy an index fund, and your returns should (roughly) match the market. But you can significantly boost your returns by picking above-average stocks. For example, the BCWorld Pharm Co., Ltd. (KOSDAQ:200780) share price is up 75% in the last year, clearly besting the market return of around 44% (not including dividends). If it can keep that out-performance up over the long term, investors will do very well! However, the stock hasn't done so well in the longer term, with the stock only up 8.8% in three years.

View our latest analysis for BCWorld Pharm

To quote Buffett, 'Ships will sail around the world but the Flat Earth Society will flourish. There will continue to be wide discrepancies between price and value in the marketplace...' One way to examine how market sentiment has changed over time is to look at the interaction between a company's share price and its earnings per share (EPS).

During the last year, BCWorld Pharm actually saw its earnings per share drop 40%.

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.

We are skeptical of the suggestion that the 0.4% dividend yield would entice buyers to the stock. However the year on year revenue growth of 9.5% would help. We do see some companies suppress earnings in order to accelerate revenue growth.

The graphic below depicts how earnings and revenue have changed over time (unveil the exact values by clicking on the image).

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A Different Perspective

It's good to see that BCWorld Pharm has rewarded shareholders with a total shareholder return of 76% in the last twelve months. That's including the dividend. That certainly beats the loss of about 1.9% per year over the last half decade. We generally put more weight on the long term performance over the short term, but the recent improvement could hint at a (positive) inflection point within the business. 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. For instance, we've identified 3 warning signs for BCWorld Pharm (2 can't be ignored) that you should be aware of.

But note: BCWorld Pharm 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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