King Chou Marine Technology (GTSM:4417) Has Compensated Shareholders With A Respectable 48% Return On Their Investment

The main point of investing for the long term is to make money. Better yet, you'd like to see the share price move up more than the market average. But King Chou Marine Technology Co., Ltd. (GTSM:4417) has fallen short of that second goal, with a share price rise of 10% over five years, which is below the market return. Unfortunately the share price is down 2.6% in the last year.

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In his essay The Superinvestors of Graham-and-Doddsville Warren Buffett described how share prices do not always rationally reflect the value of a business. 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.

Over half a decade, King Chou Marine Technology managed to grow its earnings per share at 2.8% a year. The EPS growth is more impressive than the yearly share price gain of 2% over the same period. So it seems the market isn't so enthusiastic about the stock these days. The reasonably low P/E ratio of 7.60 also suggests market apprehension.

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

Before buying or selling a stock, we always recommend a close examination of historic growth trends, available here.

What About Dividends?

It is important to consider the total shareholder return, as well as the share price return, for any given stock. 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. It's fair to say that the TSR gives a more complete picture for stocks that pay a dividend. As it happens, King Chou Marine Technology's TSR for the last 5 years was 48%, which exceeds the share price return mentioned earlier. The dividends paid by the company have thusly boosted the total shareholder return.

A Different Perspective

King Chou Marine Technology shareholders are up 3.8% for the year (even including dividends). Unfortunately this falls short of the market return. It's probably a good sign that the company has an even better long term track record, having provided shareholders with an annual TSR of 8% over 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 King Chou Marine Technology better, we need to consider many other factors. To that end, you should be aware of the 3 warning signs we've spotted with King Chou Marine Technology .

But note: King Chou Marine Technology may not be the best stock to buy. So take a peek at this free list of interesting companies with past earnings growth (and further growth forecast).

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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