Shareholders Are Raving About How The Creepy Jar (WSE:CRJ) Share Price Increased 428%

While Creepy Jar S.A. (WSE:CRJ) shareholders are probably generally happy, the stock hasn't had particularly good run recently, with the share price falling 25% in the last quarter. But that cannot eclipse the spectacular share price rise we've seen over the last twelve months. Indeed, the share price is up a whopping 428% in that time. So it is not that surprising to see the stock retrace a little. Only time will tell if there is still too much optimism currently reflected in the share price.

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There is no denying that markets are sometimes efficient, but prices do not always reflect 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.

Creepy Jar boasted truly magnificent EPS growth in the last year. We don't think the exact number is a good guide to the sustainable growth rate, but we do think this sort of increase is impressive. We are not surprised the share price is up. To us, inflection points like this are the best time to take a close look at a stock.

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 Creepy Jar's key metrics by checking this interactive graph of Creepy Jar's earnings, revenue and cash flow.

A Different Perspective

Creepy Jar boasts a total shareholder return of 428% for the last year. Unfortunately the share price is down 25% 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. It's always interesting to track share price performance over the longer term. But to understand Creepy Jar better, we need to consider many other factors. Take risks, for example - Creepy Jar has 1 warning sign we think 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 PL exchanges.

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