Imagine Holding Creepy Jar (WSE:CRJ) Shares While The Price Zoomed 488% Higher

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. When an investor finds a multi-bagger (a stock that goes up over 200%), it makes a big difference to their portfolio. In the case of Creepy Jar S.A. (WSE:CRJ), the share price is up an incredible 488% in the last year alone. Creepy Jar hasn't been listed for long, so it's still not clear if it is a long term winner.

Check out our latest analysis for Creepy Jar

To paraphrase Benjamin Graham: Over the short term the market is a voting machine, but over the long term it's a weighing machine. 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.

Creepy Jar boasted truly magnificent EPS growth in the last year. While that particular rate of growth is unlikely to be sustained for long, it is still remarkable. So we'd expect to see the share price higher. Strong growth like this can be evidence of a fundamental inflection point in the business, making it a good time to investigate the stock more closely.

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

It might be well worthwhile taking a look at our free report on Creepy Jar's earnings, revenue and cash flow.

A Different Perspective

Creepy Jar shareholders should be happy with the total gain of 488% over the last twelve months. Unfortunately the share price is down 1.6% over the last quarter. It may simply be that the share price got ahead of itself, although there may have been fundamental developments that are weighing on it. Before forming an opinion on Creepy Jar you might want to consider these 3 valuation metrics.

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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 PL exchanges.

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