Salam International Investment Limited Q.P.S.C (DSM:SIIS) delivers shareholders favorable 8.3% CAGR over 5 years, surging 18% in the last week alone

While Salam International Investment Limited Q.P.S.C. (DSM:SIIS) shareholders are probably generally happy, the stock hasn't had particularly good run recently, with the share price falling 11% in the last quarter. On the bright side the returns have been quite good over the last half decade. After all, the share price is up a market-beating 49% in that time.

Since it's been a strong week for Salam International Investment Limited Q.P.S.C shareholders, let's have a look at trend of the longer term fundamentals.

See our latest analysis for Salam International Investment Limited 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 way to examine how market sentiment has changed over time is to look at the interaction between a company's share price and its earnings per share (EPS).

During the last half decade, Salam International Investment Limited Q.P.S.C became profitable. That's generally thought to be a genuine positive, so we would expect to see an increasing share price.

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

This free interactive report on Salam International Investment Limited 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

While it's never nice to take a loss, Salam International Investment Limited Q.P.S.C shareholders can take comfort that their trailing twelve month loss of 7.8% wasn't as bad as the market loss of around 18%. Longer term investors wouldn't be so upset, since they would have made 8%, each year, over five years. In the best case scenario the last year is just a temporary blip on the journey to a brighter future. 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. For example, we've discovered 2 warning signs for Salam International Investment Limited Q.P.S.C (1 makes us a bit uncomfortable!) that you should be aware of before investing here.

We will like Salam International Investment Limited 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 Qatari exchanges.

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