Investors Who Bought P.A. Resources Berhad (KLSE:PA) Shares A Year Ago Are Now Up 506%

Active investing isn't easy, but for those that do it, the aim is to find the best companies to buy, and to profit handsomely. While not every stock performs well, when investors win, they can win big. In the case of P.A. Resources Berhad (KLSE:PA), the share price is up an incredible 506% in the last year alone. Also pleasing for shareholders was the 39% gain in the last three months. The company reported its financial results recently; you can catch up on the latest numbers by reading our company report. Looking back further, the stock price is 246% higher than it was three years ago.

It really delights us to see such great share price performance for investors.

View our latest analysis for P.A. Resources Berhad

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 way to examine how market sentiment has changed over time is to look at the interaction between a company's share price and its earnings per share (EPS).

P.A. Resources Berhad was able to grow EPS by 181% in the last twelve months. This EPS growth is significantly lower than the 506% increase in the share price. So it's fair to assume the market has a higher opinion of the business than it a year ago.

You can see how EPS has changed over time in the image below (click on the chart to see the exact values).

Dive deeper into P.A. Resources Berhad's key metrics by checking this interactive graph of P.A. Resources Berhad's earnings, revenue and cash flow.

What About Dividends?

As well as measuring the share price return, investors should also consider the total shareholder return (TSR). Whereas the share price return only reflects the change in the share price, the TSR includes the value of dividends (assuming they were reinvested) and the benefit of any discounted capital raising or spin-off. So for companies that pay a generous dividend, the TSR is often a lot higher than the share price return. As it happens, P.A. Resources Berhad's TSR for the last year was 513%, which exceeds the share price return mentioned earlier. And there's no prize for guessing that the dividend payments largely explain the divergence!

A Different Perspective

We're pleased to report that P.A. Resources Berhad shareholders have received a total shareholder return of 513% over one year. Of course, that includes the dividend. Since the one-year TSR is better than the five-year TSR (the latter coming in at 36% per year), it would seem that the stock's performance has improved in recent times. Given the share price momentum remains strong, it might be worth taking a closer look at the stock, lest you miss an opportunity. It's always interesting to track share price performance over the longer term. But to understand P.A. Resources Berhad better, we need to consider many other factors. Even so, be aware that P.A. Resources Berhad is showing 3 warning signs in our investment analysis , you should know about...

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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 MY exchanges.

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