The SurplusGLOBAL (KOSDAQ:140070) Share Price Has Gained 28% And Shareholders Are Hoping For More

A diverse portfolio of stocks will always have winners and losers. Of course, the aim of the game is to pick stocks that do better than an index fund. SurplusGLOBAL, Inc. (KOSDAQ:140070) has done well over the last year, with the stock price up 28% beating the market return of 27% (not including dividends). Zooming out, the stock is actually down 16% in the last three years.

Check out our latest analysis for SurplusGLOBAL

While markets are a powerful pricing mechanism, share prices reflect investor sentiment, not just 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, SurplusGLOBAL actually saw its earnings per share drop 28%.

Given the share price gain, we doubt the market is measuring progress with EPS. Therefore, it seems likely that investors are putting more weight on metrics other than EPS, at the moment.

Revenue was pretty stable on last year, so deeper research might be needed to explain the share price rise.

The graphic below depicts how earnings and revenue have changed over time (unveil the exact values by clicking on the image).

This free interactive report on SurplusGLOBAL's balance sheet strength is a great place to start, if you want to investigate the stock further.

A Different Perspective

While the market return was 29% in the last year, SurplusGLOBAL returned 28% to shareholders. Shareholders can take comfort that it's certainly better than the yearly loss of about 5% per year endured over the last three years. The optimist would say that this might be the dawn of a brighter future. 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 2 warning signs for SurplusGLOBAL (1 is significant) that 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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