A Look At Bridge Biotherapeutics' (KOSDAQ:288330) Share Price Returns

Bridge Biotherapeutics, Inc. (KOSDAQ:288330) shareholders should be happy to see the share price up 11% in the last month. But that is minimal compensation for the share price under-performance over the last year. In fact the stock is down 23% in the last year, well below the market return.

See our latest analysis for Bridge Biotherapeutics

Bridge Biotherapeutics isn't currently profitable, so most analysts would look to revenue growth to get an idea of how fast the underlying business is growing. Generally speaking, companies without profits are expected to grow revenue every year, and at a good clip. Some companies are willing to postpone profitability to grow revenue faster, but in that case one does expect good top-line growth.

Bridge Biotherapeutics' revenue didn't grow at all in the last year. In fact, it fell 55%. If you think that's a particularly bad result, you're statistically on the money No surprise, then, that the share price fell 23% over the year. We would want to see improvements in the core business, and diminishing losses, before getting too excited about this one.

The company's revenue and earnings (over time) are depicted in the image below (click to see the exact numbers).

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A Different Perspective

Given that the market gained 32% in the last year, Bridge Biotherapeutics shareholders might be miffed that they lost 23%. However, keep in mind that even the best stocks will sometimes underperform the market over a twelve month period. It's great to see a nice little 1.9% rebound in the last three months. This could just be a bounce because the selling was too aggressive, but fingers crossed it's the start of a new trend. It's always interesting to track share price performance over the longer term. But to understand Bridge Biotherapeutics better, we need to consider many other factors. For instance, we've identified 3 warning signs for Bridge Biotherapeutics (1 is significant) that you should be aware of.

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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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