The Osung Advanced Materials (KOSDAQ:052420) Share Price Is Up 51% And Shareholders Are Holding On

These days it's easy to simply buy an index fund, and your returns should (roughly) match the market. But if you pick the right individual stocks, you could make more than that. To wit, the Osung Advanced Materials Co., Ltd. (KOSDAQ:052420) share price is 51% higher than it was a year ago, much better than the market return of around 29% (not including dividends) in the same period. So that should have shareholders smiling. Also impressive, the stock is up 38% over three years, making long term shareholders happy, too.

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 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 Osung Advanced Materials saw its earnings per share (EPS) increase strongly. 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. So we're unsurprised to see the share price gaining ground. To us, inflection points like this are the best time to take a close look at a stock.

The graphic below depicts how EPS has changed over time (unveil the exact values by clicking on the image).

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

We're pleased to report that Osung Advanced Materials shareholders have received a total shareholder return of 51% over one year. There's no doubt those recent returns are much better than the TSR loss of 6% per year over five years. The long term loss makes us cautious, but the short term TSR gain certainly hints at a brighter future. 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. To that end, you should be aware of the 3 warning signs we've spotted with Osung Advanced Materials .

But note: Osung Advanced Materials 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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