Shareholders of Amazing Microelectronic (GTSM:6411) Must Be Delighted With Their 392% Total Return

Long term investing can be life changing when you buy and hold the truly great businesses. While not every stock performs well, when investors win, they can win big. Don't believe it? Then look at the Amazing Microelectronic Corp. (GTSM:6411) share price. It's 308% higher than it was five years ago. This just goes to show the value creation that some businesses can achieve. It's also good to see the share price up 34% over the last quarter. But this could be related to the strong market, which is up 16% in the last three months.

See our latest analysis for Amazing Microelectronic

To quote Buffett, 'Ships will sail around the world but the Flat Earth Society will flourish. There will continue to be wide discrepancies between price and value in the marketplace...' 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, Amazing Microelectronic managed to grow its earnings per share at 25% a year. This EPS growth is lower than the 32% average annual increase in the share price. So it's fair to assume the market has a higher opinion of the business than it did five years ago. That's not necessarily surprising considering the five-year track record of earnings growth.

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

It might be well worthwhile taking a look at our free report on Amazing Microelectronic's earnings, revenue and cash flow.

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 incorporates the value of any spin-offs or discounted capital raisings, along with any dividends, based on the assumption that the dividends are reinvested. So for companies that pay a generous dividend, the TSR is often a lot higher than the share price return. We note that for Amazing Microelectronic the TSR over the last 5 years was 392%, which is better than the share price return mentioned above. This is largely a result of its dividend payments!

A Different Perspective

Amazing Microelectronic provided a TSR of 14% over the last twelve months. But that was short of the market average. On the bright side, the longer term returns (running at about 38% a year, over half a decade) look better. 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 Amazing Microelectronic better, we need to consider many other factors. Case in point: We've spotted 4 warning signs for Amazing Microelectronic you should be aware of, and 1 of them can't be ignored.

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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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