BioSmartLtd (KOSDAQ:038460) Shareholders Have Enjoyed A 51% Share Price Gain

BioSmart Co.,Ltd. (KOSDAQ:038460) shareholders might be concerned after seeing the share price drop 26% in the last quarter. But over the last year the share price action has been satisfactory. After all, the stock has performed better than the market's return of (48%) over the last year, and is up 51%.

View our latest analysis for BioSmartLtd

In his essay The Superinvestors of Graham-and-Doddsville Warren Buffett described how share prices do not always rationally reflect the value of a business. 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.

During the last year, BioSmartLtd actually saw its earnings per share drop 82%.

So we don't think that investors are paying too much attention to EPS. Indeed, when EPS is declining but the share price is up, it often means the market is considering other factors.

We doubt the modest 0.9% dividend yield is doing much to support the share price. However the year on year revenue growth of 9.8% would help. We do see some companies suppress earnings in order to accelerate revenue growth.

The image below shows how earnings and revenue have tracked over time (if you click on the image you can see greater detail).

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A Different Perspective

BioSmartLtd shareholders have received returns of 52% over twelve months (even including dividends), which isn't far from the general market return. To take a positive view, the gain is pleasing, and it sure beats annualized TSR loss of 0.7%, which was endured over half a decade. We're pretty skeptical of turnaround stories, but it's good to see the recent share price recovery. It's always interesting to track share price performance over the longer term. But to understand BioSmartLtd better, we need to consider many other factors. Case in point: We've spotted 4 warning signs for BioSmartLtd 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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