If You Had Bought Osung Advanced Materials (KOSDAQ:052420) Shares A Year Ago You'd Have Earned 72% Returns

It hasn't been the best quarter for Osung Advanced Materials Co., Ltd. (KOSDAQ:052420) shareholders, since the share price has fallen 23% in that time. But that doesn't change the fact that the returns over the last year have been pleasing. After all, the share price is up a market-beating 72% in that time.

Check out our latest analysis for Osung Advanced Materials

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 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.

Osung Advanced Materials boasted truly magnificent EPS growth in the last year. We don't think the exact number is a good guide to the sustainable growth rate, but we do think this sort of increase is impressive. We are not surprised the share price is up. Strong growth like this can be evidence of a fundamental inflection point in the business, making it a good time to investigate the stock more closely.

The image below shows how EPS has tracked over time (if you click on the image you can see greater detail).

Dive deeper into Osung Advanced Materials' key metrics by checking this interactive graph of Osung Advanced Materials's earnings, revenue and cash flow.

A Different Perspective

It's nice to see that Osung Advanced Materials shareholders have received a total shareholder return of 72% over the last year. There's no doubt those recent returns are much better than the TSR loss of 6% per year over five years. This makes us a little wary, but the business might have turned around its fortunes. It's always interesting to track share price performance over the longer term. But to understand Osung Advanced Materials better, we need to consider many other factors. Consider for instance, the ever-present spectre of investment risk. We've identified 3 warning signs with Osung Advanced Materials , and understanding them should be part of your investment process.

We will like Osung Advanced Materials 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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