Reflecting on Lion Group Holding's (NASDAQ:LGHL) Share Price Returns Over The Last Year

Passive investing in an index fund is a good way to ensure your own returns roughly match the overall market. While individual stocks can be big winners, plenty more fail to generate satisfactory returns. Unfortunately the Lion Group Holding Ltd. (NASDAQ:LGHL) share price slid 18% over twelve months. That's disappointing when you consider the market returned 42%. Lion Group Holding may have better days ahead, of course; we've only looked at a one year period. The share price has dropped 46% in three months.

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Lion Group Holding wasn't profitable in the last twelve months, it is unlikely we'll see a strong correlation between its share price and its earnings per share (EPS). Arguably revenue is our next best option. 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.

In just one year Lion Group Holding saw its revenue fall by 44%. That looks pretty grim, at a glance. Shareholders have seen the share price drop 18% in that time. That seems pretty reasonable given the lack of both profits and revenue growth. We think most holders must believe revenue growth will improve, or else costs will decline.

The company's revenue and earnings (over time) are depicted in the image below (click to see the exact numbers).

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

While Lion Group Holding shareholders are down 18% for the year, the market itself is up 42%. However, keep in mind that even the best stocks will sometimes underperform the market over a twelve month period. It's worth noting that the last three months did the real damage, with a 46% decline. This probably signals that the business has recently disappointed shareholders - it will take time to win them back. While it is well worth considering the different impacts that market conditions can have on the share price, there are other factors that are even more important. Take risks, for example - Lion Group Holding has 3 warning signs (and 1 which is a bit unpleasant) we think you should know about.

But note: Lion Group Holding 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 US exchanges.

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