B2Holding (OB:B2H) Share Prices Have Dropped 65% In The Last Three Years

If you love investing in stocks you're bound to buy some losers. Long term B2Holding ASA (OB:B2H) shareholders know that all too well, since the share price is down considerably over three years. Sadly for them, the share price is down 65% in that time. The silver lining is that the stock is up 1.2% in about a week.

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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.

B2Holding saw its EPS decline at a compound rate of 14% per year, over the last three years. The share price decline of 29% is actually steeper than the EPS slippage. So it seems the market was too confident about the business, in the past. The less favorable sentiment is reflected in its current P/E ratio of 10.69.

The company's earnings per share (over time) is depicted in the image below (click to see the exact numbers).

We like that insiders have been buying shares in the last twelve months. Even so, future earnings will be far more important to whether current shareholders make money. Dive deeper into the earnings by checking this interactive graph of B2Holding's earnings, revenue and cash flow.

What about the Total Shareholder Return (TSR)?

We'd be remiss not to mention the difference between B2Holding's total shareholder return (TSR) and its share price return. Arguably the TSR is a more complete return calculation because it accounts for the value of dividends (as if they were reinvested), along with the hypothetical value of any discounted capital that have been offered to shareholders. B2Holding's TSR of was a loss of 63% for the 3 years. That wasn't as bad as its share price return, because it has paid dividends.

A Different Perspective

Investors in B2Holding had a tough year, with a total loss of 18%, against a market gain of about 4.3%. However, keep in mind that even the best stocks will sometimes underperform the market over a twelve month period. Regrettably, last year's performance caps off a bad run, with the shareholders facing a total loss of 7% per year over five years. Generally speaking long term share price weakness can be a bad sign, though contrarian investors might want to research the stock in hope of a turnaround. While it is well worth considering the different impacts that market conditions can have on the share price, there are other factors that are even more important. Consider risks, for instance. Every company has them, and we've spotted 1 warning sign for B2Holding 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 NO exchanges.

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