Did You Participate In Any Of Second Generating Company of the Electric Power Wholesale Market's (MCX:OGKB) Incredible 315% Return?

When you buy a stock there is always a possibility that it could drop 100%. But on a lighter note, a good company can see its share price rise well over 100%. For instance, the price of Public Joint-Stock Company "Second Generating Company of the Electric Power Wholesale Market" (MCX:OGKB) stock is up an impressive 232% over the last five years. The last week saw the share price soften some 2.6%.

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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...' One flawed but reasonable way to assess how sentiment around a company has changed is to compare the earnings per share (EPS) with the share price.

During the last half decade, Second Generating Company of the Electric Power Wholesale Market became profitable. That kind of transition can be an inflection point that justifies a strong share price gain, just as we have seen here. Given that the company made a profit three years ago, but not five years ago, it is worth looking at the share price returns over the last three years, too. We can see that the Second Generating Company of the Electric Power Wholesale Market share price is up 63% in the last three years. In the same period, EPS is up 9.1% per year. This EPS growth is lower than the 18% average annual increase in the share price over three years. So one can reasonably conclude the market is more enthusiastic about the stock than it was three years ago.

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

Dive deeper into Second Generating Company of the Electric Power Wholesale Market's key metrics by checking this interactive graph of Second Generating Company of the Electric Power Wholesale Market's earnings, revenue and cash flow.

What About Dividends?

When looking at investment returns, it is important to consider the difference between total shareholder return (TSR) and share price return. 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. Arguably, the TSR gives a more comprehensive picture of the return generated by a stock. As it happens, Second Generating Company of the Electric Power Wholesale Market's TSR for the last 5 years was 315%, which exceeds the share price return mentioned earlier. The dividends paid by the company have thusly boosted the total shareholder return.

A Different Perspective

It's nice to see that Second Generating Company of the Electric Power Wholesale Market shareholders have received a total shareholder return of 16% over the last year. That's including the dividend. However, that falls short of the 33% TSR per annum it has made for shareholders, each year, over five years. Potential buyers might understandably feel they've missed the opportunity, but it's always possible business is still firing on all cylinders. It's always interesting to track share price performance over the longer term. But to understand Second Generating Company of the Electric Power Wholesale Market better, we need to consider many other factors. Case in point: We've spotted 1 warning sign for Second Generating Company of the Electric Power Wholesale Market 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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