Would Shareholders Who Purchased Crystalwise Technology's (GTSM:4944) Stock Year Be Happy With The Share price Today?

Crystalwise Technology Inc. (GTSM:4944) shareholders should be happy to see the share price up 27% in the last month. But that is minimal compensation for the share price under-performance over the last year. In fact the stock is down 16% in the last year, well below the market return.

See our latest analysis for Crystalwise Technology

Because Crystalwise Technology 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. As you can imagine, fast revenue growth, when maintained, often leads to fast profit growth.

Crystalwise Technology's revenue didn't grow at all in the last year. In fact, it fell 55%. If you think that's a particularly bad result, you're statistically on the money No surprise, then, that the share price fell 16% over the year. We would want to see improvements in the core business, and diminishing losses, before getting too excited about this one.

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

This free interactive report on Crystalwise Technology's balance sheet strength is a great place to start, if you want to investigate the stock further.

A Different Perspective

Crystalwise Technology shareholders are down 16% for the year, but the market itself is up 49%. However, keep in mind that even the best stocks will sometimes underperform the market over a twelve month period. On the bright side, long term shareholders have made money, with a gain of 1.8% per year over half a decade. If the fundamental data continues to indicate long term sustainable growth, the current sell-off could be an opportunity worth considering. It's always interesting to track share price performance over the longer term. But to understand Crystalwise Technology better, we need to consider many other factors. Even so, be aware that Crystalwise Technology is showing 1 warning sign in our investment analysis , you should know about...

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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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