Slavneft-Yaroslavnefteorgsintez's (MCX:JNOS) Stock Price Has Reduced 21% In The Past Year

Investors can approximate the average market return by buying an index fund. When you buy individual stocks, you can make higher profits, but you also face the risk of under-performance. Investors in Public Joint Stock Company Slavneft-Yaroslavnefteorgsintez (MCX:JNOS) have tasted that bitter downside in the last year, as the share price dropped 21%. That's well below the market decline of 5.3%. However, the longer term returns haven't been so bad, with the stock down 11% in the last three years. More recently, the share price has dropped a further 13% in a month.

See our latest analysis for Slavneft-Yaroslavnefteorgsintez

While markets are a powerful pricing mechanism, share prices reflect investor sentiment, not just underlying business performance. 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).

Unfortunately Slavneft-Yaroslavnefteorgsintez reported an EPS drop of 22% for the last year. Remarkably, he share price decline of 21% per year is particularly close to the EPS drop. Therefore one could posit that the market has not become more concerned about the company, despite the lower EPS. Rather, the share price has approximately tracked EPS growth.

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

This free interactive report on Slavneft-Yaroslavnefteorgsintez's earnings, revenue and cash flow is a great place to start, if you want to investigate the stock further.

A Different Perspective

Slavneft-Yaroslavnefteorgsintez shareholders are down 21% for the year, but the market itself is up 5.3%. Even the share prices of good stocks drop sometimes, but we want to see improvements in the fundamental metrics of a business, before getting too interested. Unfortunately, last year's performance may indicate unresolved challenges, given that it was worse than the annualised loss of 4% over the last half decade. Generally speaking long term share price weakness can be a bad sign, though contrarian investors might want to research the stock in hope of a turnaround. 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. Take risks, for example - Slavneft-Yaroslavnefteorgsintez has 3 warning signs we think you should be aware of.

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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 RU exchanges.

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