If You Had Bought Al Khaleej Takaful Insurance Company Q.P.S.C (DSM:AKHI) Stock Three Years Ago, You Could Pocket A 107% Gain Today

The most you can lose on any stock (assuming you don't use leverage) is 100% of your money. But when you pick a company that is really flourishing, you can make more than 100%. For example, the Al Khaleej Takaful Insurance Company Q.P.S.C. (DSM:AKHI) share price has soared 107% in the last three years. How nice for those who held the stock! On top of that, the share price is up 32% in about a quarter.

Check out our latest analysis for Al Khaleej Takaful Insurance 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 three years of share price growth, Al Khaleej Takaful Insurance Company Q.P.S.C achieved compound earnings per share growth of 38% per year. The average annual share price increase of 28% is actually lower than the EPS growth. Therefore, it seems the market has moderated its expectations for growth, somewhat.

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

This free interactive report on Al Khaleej Takaful Insurance 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?

It is important to consider the total shareholder return, as well as the share price return, for any given stock. Whereas the share price return only reflects the change in the share price, the TSR includes the value of dividends (assuming they were reinvested) and the benefit of any discounted capital raising or spin-off. So for companies that pay a generous dividend, the TSR is often a lot higher than the share price return. We note that for Al Khaleej Takaful Insurance Company Q.P.S.C the TSR over the last 3 years was 122%, 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

We're pleased to report that Al Khaleej Takaful Insurance Company Q.P.S.C shareholders have received a total shareholder return of 53% over one year. And that does include the dividend. Since the one-year TSR is better than the five-year TSR (the latter coming in at 3% per year), it would seem that the stock's performance has improved in recent times. Someone with an optimistic perspective could view the recent improvement in TSR as indicating that the business itself is getting better with time. It's always interesting to track share price performance over the longer term. But to understand Al Khaleej Takaful Insurance Company Q.P.S.C better, we need to consider many other factors. To that end, you should learn about the 2 warning signs we've spotted with Al Khaleej Takaful Insurance Company Q.P.S.C (including 1 which is concerning) .

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

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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