Can You Imagine How Chubb Arabia Cooperative Insurance's (TADAWUL:8240) Shareholders Feel About The 59% Share Price Increase?

These days it's easy to simply buy an index fund, and your returns should (roughly) match the market. But you can significantly boost your returns by picking above-average stocks. To wit, the Chubb Arabia Cooperative Insurance Company (TADAWUL:8240) share price is 59% higher than it was a year ago, much better than the market decline of around 1.9% (not including dividends) in the same period. That's a solid performance by our standards! And shareholders have also done well over the long term, with an increase of 47% in the last three years.

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To paraphrase Benjamin Graham: Over the short term the market is a voting machine, but over the long term it's a weighing machine. 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.

Chubb Arabia Cooperative Insurance was able to grow EPS by 3.7% in the last twelve months. The share price gain of 59% certainly outpaced the EPS growth. This indicates that the market is now more optimistic about the stock.

The company's earnings per share (over time) is depicted in the image below (click to see the exact numbers).

Dive deeper into Chubb Arabia Cooperative Insurance's key metrics by checking this interactive graph of Chubb Arabia Cooperative Insurance's earnings, revenue and cash flow.

A Different Perspective

It's good to see that Chubb Arabia Cooperative Insurance has rewarded shareholders with a total shareholder return of 59% in the last twelve months. That's better than the annualised return of 6% over half a decade, implying that the company is doing better recently. In the best case scenario, this may hint at some real business momentum, implying that now could be a great time to delve deeper. Before deciding if you like the current share price, check how Chubb Arabia Cooperative Insurance scores on these 3 valuation metrics.

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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 SA exchanges.

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