Qatar Industrial Manufacturing Company Q.P.S.C (DSM:QIMD) Has Compensated Shareholders With A 1.4% Return On Their Investment

The main aim of stock picking is to find the market-beating stocks. But the main game is to find enough winners to more than offset the losers At this point some shareholders may be questioning their investment in Qatar Industrial Manufacturing Company Q.P.S.C. (DSM:QIMD), since the last five years saw the share price fall 27%. More recently, the share price has dropped a further 8.5% in a month. This could be related to the recent financial results - you can catch up on the most recent data by reading our company report.

See our latest analysis for Qatar Industrial Manufacturing Company Q.P.S.C

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...' By comparing earnings per share (EPS) and share price changes over time, we can get a feel for how investor attitudes to a company have morphed over time.

During the five years over which the share price declined, Qatar Industrial Manufacturing Company Q.P.S.C's earnings per share (EPS) dropped by 12% each year. The share price decline of 6% per year isn't as bad as the EPS decline. So the market may previously have expected a drop, or else it expects the situation will improve.

The graphic below depicts how EPS has changed over time (unveil the exact values by clicking on the image).

This free interactive report on Qatar Industrial Manufacturing Company Q.P.S.C's earnings, revenue and cash flow is a great place to start, if you want to investigate the stock further.

What About Dividends?

When looking at investment returns, it is important to consider the difference between total shareholder return (TSR) and share price return. The TSR incorporates the value of any spin-offs or discounted capital raisings, along with any dividends, based on the assumption that the dividends are reinvested. So for companies that pay a generous dividend, the TSR is often a lot higher than the share price return. We note that for Qatar Industrial Manufacturing Company Q.P.S.C the TSR over the last 5 years was 1.4%, which is better than the share price return mentioned above. The dividends paid by the company have thusly boosted the total shareholder return.

A Different Perspective

Qatar Industrial Manufacturing Company Q.P.S.C shareholders are down 2.1% for the year (even including dividends), but the market itself is up 5.3%. However, keep in mind that even the best stocks will sometimes underperform the market over a twelve month period. Longer term investors wouldn't be so upset, since they would have made 0.3%, each year, over five years. It could be that the recent sell-off is an opportunity, so it may be worth checking the fundamental data for signs of a long term growth trend. It's always interesting to track share price performance over the longer term. But to understand Qatar Industrial Manufacturing Company Q.P.S.C better, we need to consider many other factors. Like risks, for instance. Every company has them, and we've spotted 4 warning signs for Qatar Industrial Manufacturing Company Q.P.S.C (of which 2 are a bit concerning!) 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 QA exchanges.

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