Did Kraft Bank's (OB:KRAB) Share Price Deserve to Gain 21%?

If you want to compound wealth in the stock market, you can do so by buying an index fund. But one can do better than that by picking better than average stocks (as part of a diversified portfolio). For example, the Kraft Bank ASA (OB:KRAB) share price is up 21% in the last year, clearly besting the market decline of around 6.3% (not including dividends). That's a solid performance by our standards! Note that businesses generally develop over the long term, so the returns over the last year might not reflect a long term trend.

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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 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.

Kraft Bank went from making a loss to reporting a profit, in the last year.

When a company has just transitioned to profitability, earnings per share growth is not always the best way to look at the share price action.

We think that the revenue growth of 119% could have some investors interested. Many businesses do go through a phase where they have to forgo some profits to drive business development, and sometimes its for the best.

You can see below how earnings and revenue have changed over time (discover the exact values by clicking on the image).

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A Different Perspective

Kraft Bank boasts a total shareholder return of 21% for the last year. A substantial portion of that gain has come in the last three months, with the stock up 64% in that time. This suggests the company is continuing to win over new investors. 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. Case in point: We've spotted 2 warning signs for Kraft Bank 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 NO exchanges.

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