Update: Sunex Stock Gained68% In The Last Year

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The simplest way to invest in stocks is to buy exchange traded funds. But one can do better than that by picking better than average stocks (as part of a diversified portfolio). To wit, the Sunex S.A. (WSE:SNX) share price is 68% higher than it was a year ago, much better than the market return of around -3.4% in the same period. If it can keep that out-performance up over the long term, investors will do very well! On the other hand, longer term shareholders have had a tougher run, with the stock falling 24% in three years.

See our latest analysis for Sunex

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.

Sunex was able to grow EPS by 95% in the last twelve months. Though we do note extraordinary items affected the bottom line. It's fair to say that the share price gain of 68% did not keep pace with the EPS growth. Therefore, it seems the market isn't as excited about Sunex as it was before. This could be an opportunity. The caution is also evident in the lowish P/E ratio of 10.65.

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

It might be well worthwhile taking a look at our freereport on Sunex's earnings, revenue and cash flow.

A Different Perspective

It's nice to see that Sunex shareholders have received a total shareholder return of 68% over the last year. There's no doubt those recent returns are much better than the TSR loss of 7.7% per year over five years. We generally put more weight on the long term performance over the short term, but the recent improvement could hint at a (positive) inflection point within the business. Is Sunex cheap compared to other companies? These 3 valuation measures might help you decide.

Of course, you might find a fantastic investment by looking elsewhere. So take a peek at this freelist of companies we expect will grow earnings.

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