The Philoptics (KOSDAQ:161580) Share Price Is Up 35% And Shareholders Are Holding On

Philoptics Co., Ltd. (KOSDAQ:161580) shareholders have seen the share price descend 10% over the month. But we wouldn't complain about the gain over the last three years. In that time the stock gained 35%, besting the market return of 33%.

View our latest analysis for Philoptics

While the efficient markets hypothesis continues to be taught by some, it has been proven that markets are over-reactive dynamic systems, and investors are not always rational. 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.

Philoptics became profitable within the last three years. So we would expect a higher share price over the period.

The company's earnings per share (over time) is depicted in the image below (click to see the exact numbers).

We know that Philoptics has improved its bottom line lately, but is it going to grow revenue? You could check out this free report showing analyst revenue forecasts.

A Different Perspective

Philoptics shareholders are up 1.1% for the year. It's always nice to make money but this return falls short of the market return which was about 50% for the year. At least the longer term returns (running at about 11% a year, are better. Even the best companies don't see strong share price performance every year. It's always interesting to track share price performance over the longer term. But to understand Philoptics better, we need to consider many other factors. Case in point: We've spotted 3 warning signs for Philoptics you should be aware of, and 1 of them can't be ignored.

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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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