Did You Miss HANDOK's (KRX:002390) 21% Share Price Gain?

On average, over time, stock markets tend to rise higher. This makes investing attractive. But if when you choose to buy stocks, some of them will be below average performers. Unfortunately for shareholders, while the HANDOK Inc. (KRX:002390) share price is up 21% in the last year, that falls short of the market return. Unfortunately the longer term returns are not so good, with the stock falling 12% in the last three years.

See our latest analysis for HANDOK

To paraphrase Benjamin Graham: Over the short term the market is a voting machine, but over the long term it's a weighing machine. One flawed but reasonable way to assess how sentiment around a company has changed is to compare the earnings per share (EPS) with the share price.

During the last year HANDOK grew its earnings per share (EPS) by 89%. This EPS growth is significantly higher than the 21% increase in the share price. So it seems like the market has cooled on HANDOK, despite the growth. Interesting.

You can see how EPS has changed over time in the image below (click on the chart to see the exact values).

It might be well worthwhile taking a look at our free report on HANDOK's earnings, revenue and cash flow.

A Different Perspective

HANDOK shareholders gained a total return of 22% during the year. But that was short of the market average. But at least that's still a gain! Over five years the TSR has been a reduction of 0.7% per year, over five years. It could well be that the business is stabilizing. It's always interesting to track share price performance over the longer term. But to understand HANDOK better, we need to consider many other factors. For instance, we've identified 3 warning signs for HANDOK (1 is a bit concerning) 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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