Earnings grew faster than the decent 71% return delivered to DAEA TI (KOSDAQ:045390) shareholders over the last year

DAEA TI Co., Ltd. (KOSDAQ:045390) shareholders might be concerned after seeing the share price drop 11% in the last week. But that doesn't change the reality that over twelve months the stock has done really well. After all, the share price is up a market-beating 71% in that time.

While the stock has fallen 11% this week, it's worth focusing on the longer term and seeing if the stocks historical returns have been driven by the underlying fundamentals.

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There is no denying that markets are sometimes efficient, but prices do not always reflect underlying business performance. 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 DAEA TI grew its earnings per share (EPS) by 83%. This EPS growth is reasonably close to the 71% increase in the share price. That suggests that the market sentiment around the company hasn't changed much over that time. It looks like the share price is responding to the EPS.

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

This free interactive report on DAEA TI's earnings, revenue and cash flow is a great place to start, if you want to investigate the stock further.

A Different Perspective

We're pleased to report that DAEA TI shareholders have received a total shareholder return of 71% over one year. There's no doubt those recent returns are much better than the TSR loss of 4% per year over five years. This makes us a little wary, but the business might have turned around its fortunes. I find it very interesting to look at share price over the long term as a proxy for business performance. But to truly gain insight, we need to consider other information, too. For instance, we've identified 1 warning sign for DAEA TI that you should be aware of.

But note: DAEA TI 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 South Korean exchanges.

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