Can You Imagine How Federal's (TPE:2102) Shareholders Feel About The 29% Share Price Increase?

It hasn't been the best quarter for Federal Corporation (TPE:2102) shareholders, since the share price has fallen 19% in that time. But at least the stock is up over the last year. However, its return of 29% does fall short of the market return of, 36%.

View our latest analysis for Federal

Because Federal made a loss in the last twelve months, we think the market is probably more focussed on revenue and revenue growth, at least for now. When a company doesn't make profits, we'd generally expect to see good revenue growth. That's because fast revenue growth can be easily extrapolated to forecast profits, often of considerable size.

Federal grew its revenue by 19% last year. That's a fairly respectable growth rate. The share price gain of 29% in that time is better than nothing, but far from outlandish Its possible that shareholders had expected higher growth. But this one could be a worth watching - a maiden profit would likely catch the market's attention.

The graphic below depicts how earnings and revenue have changed over time (unveil the exact values by clicking on the image).

Balance sheet strength is crucial. It might be well worthwhile taking a look at our free report on how its financial position has changed over time.

A Different Perspective

Federal shareholders are up 29% for the year. But that return falls short of the market. The silver lining is that the gain was actually better than the average annual return of 3% per year over five year. This could indicate that the company is winning over new investors, as it pursues its strategy. I find it very interesting to look at share price over the long term as a proxy for business performance. But to truly gain insight, we need to consider other information, too. Even so, be aware that Federal is showing 2 warning signs in our investment analysis , and 1 of those is potentially serious...

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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 TW exchanges.

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