Recent 8.9% pullback isn't enough to hurt long-term Bluegreen Vacations Holding (NYSE:BVH) shareholders, they're still up 27% over 1 year

It hasn't been the best quarter for Bluegreen Vacations Holding Corporation (NYSE:BVH) shareholders, since the share price has fallen 23% in that time. But that doesn't change the fact that the returns over the last year have been pleasing. In that time we've seen the stock easily surpass the market return, with a gain of 27%.

Since the long term performance has been good but there's been a recent pullback of 8.9%, let's check if the fundamentals match the share price.

Check out our latest analysis for Bluegreen Vacations Holding

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.

During the last year Bluegreen Vacations Holding grew its earnings per share, moving from a loss to a profit.

The result looks like a strong improvement to us, so we're not surprised the market likes the growth. Inflection points like this can be a great time to take a closer look at a company.

The image below shows how EPS has tracked over time (if you click on the image you can see greater detail).

We like that insiders have been buying shares in the last twelve months. Even so, future earnings will be far more important to whether current shareholders make money. This free interactive report on Bluegreen Vacations Holding's earnings, revenue and cash flow is a great place to start, if you want to investigate the stock further.

A Different Perspective

We're pleased to report that Bluegreen Vacations Holding shareholders have received a total shareholder return of 27% over one year. Since the one-year TSR is better than the five-year TSR (the latter coming in at 4% per year), it would seem that the stock's performance has improved in recent times. Someone with an optimistic perspective could view the recent improvement in TSR as indicating that the business itself is getting better with time. It's always interesting to track share price performance over the longer term. But to understand Bluegreen Vacations Holding better, we need to consider many other factors. Case in point: We've spotted 4 warning signs for Bluegreen Vacations Holding you should be aware of, and 1 of them is a bit concerning.

Bluegreen Vacations Holding is not the only stock insiders are buying. So take a peek at this free list of growing companies with insider buying.

Please note, the market returns quoted in this article reflect the market weighted average returns of stocks that currently trade on US exchanges.

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