Did You Participate In Any Of Rottneros' (STO:RROS) Fantastic 105% Return ?

These days it's easy to simply buy an index fund, and your returns should (roughly) match the market. But you can do a lot better than that by buying good quality businesses for attractive prices. For example, the Rottneros AB (publ) (STO:RROS) share price is up 56% in the last five years, slightly above the market return. Also positive is the 5.2% share price rise over the last year.

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While the efficient markets hypothesis continues to be taught by some, it has been proven that markets are over-reactive dynamic systems, and investors are not always rational. One imperfect but simple way to consider how the market perception of a company has shifted is to compare the change in the earnings per share (EPS) with the share price movement.

Rottneros' earnings per share are down 11% per year, despite strong share price performance over five years.

Essentially, it doesn't seem likely that investors are focused on EPS. Since the change in EPS doesn't seem to correlate with the change in share price, it's worth taking a look at other metrics.

In contrast revenue growth of 6.5% per year is probably viewed as evidence that Rottneros is growing, a real positive. In that case, the company may be sacrificing current earnings per share to drive growth.

You can see below how earnings and revenue have changed over time (discover the exact values by clicking on the image).

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What about the Total Shareholder Return (TSR)?

We've already covered Rottneros' share price action, but we should also mention its total shareholder return (TSR). The TSR is a return calculation that accounts for the value of cash dividends (assuming that any dividend received was reinvested) and the calculated value of any discounted capital raisings and spin-offs. Its history of dividend payouts mean that Rottneros' TSR of 105% over the last 5 years is better than the share price return.

A Different Perspective

Rottneros shareholders gained a total return of 5.2% during the year. Unfortunately this falls short of the market return. If we look back over five years, the returns are even better, coming in at 15% per year for five years. It may well be that this is a business worth popping on the watching, given the continuing positive reception, over time, from the market. It's always interesting to track share price performance over the longer term. But to understand Rottneros better, we need to consider many other factors. To that end, you should be aware of the 1 warning sign we've spotted with Rottneros .

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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 SE exchanges.

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