Islamic Holding Group (Q.P.S.C) (DSM:IHGS) Shareholders Have Enjoyed An Impressive 197% Share Price Gain

Unless you borrow money to invest, the potential losses are limited. On the other hand, if you find a high quality business to buy (at the right price) you can more than double your money! For example, the Islamic Holding Group (Q.P.S.C) (DSM:IHGS) share price has soared 197% return in just a single year. It's also good to see the share price up 47% over the last quarter. This could be related to the recent financial results, released recently - you can catch up on the most recent data by reading our company report. Looking back further, the stock price is 72% higher than it was three years ago.

Check out our latest analysis for Islamic Holding Group (Q.P.S.C)

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.

During the last year Islamic Holding Group (Q.P.S.C) saw its earnings per share (EPS) increase strongly. This remarkable growth rate may not be sustainable, but it is still impressive. We are not surprised the share price is up. We're real advocates of letting inflection points like this guide our research as stock pickers.

You can see below how EPS has changed over time (discover the exact values by clicking on the image).

This free interactive report on Islamic Holding Group (Q.P.S.C)'s earnings, revenue and cash flow is a great place to start, if you want to investigate the stock further.

A Different Perspective

It's nice to see that Islamic Holding Group (Q.P.S.C) shareholders have received a total shareholder return of 197% over the last year. And that does include the dividend. There's no doubt those recent returns are much better than the TSR loss of 0.9% 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. 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. Case in point: We've spotted 3 warning signs for Islamic Holding Group (Q.P.S.C) you should be aware of, and 1 of them can't be ignored.

We will like Islamic Holding Group (Q.P.S.C) better if we see some big insider buys. While we wait, check out this free list of growing companies with considerable, recent, insider buying.

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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