Even after rising 9.5% this past week, Repay Holdings (NASDAQ:RPAY) shareholders are still down 64% over the past three years

The truth is that if you invest for long enough, you're going to end up with some losing stocks. But the long term shareholders of Repay Holdings Corporation (NASDAQ:RPAY) have had an unfortunate run in the last three years. Unfortunately, they have held through a 64% decline in the share price in that time. Shareholders have had an even rougher run lately, with the share price down 18% in the last 90 days.

While the last three years has been tough for Repay Holdings shareholders, this past week has shown signs of promise. So let's look at the longer term fundamentals and see if they've been the driver of the negative returns.

Check out our latest analysis for Repay Holdings

Because Repay Holdings 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. Shareholders of unprofitable companies usually desire strong revenue growth. That's because fast revenue growth can be easily extrapolated to forecast profits, often of considerable size.

Over three years, Repay Holdings grew revenue at 16% per year. That's a fairly respectable growth rate. That contrasts with the weak share price, which has fallen 18% compounded, over three years. The market must have had really high expectations to be disappointed with this progress. So this is one stock that might be worth investigating further, or even adding to your watchlist.

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

Repay Holdings is well known by investors, and plenty of clever analysts have tried to predict the future profit levels. You can see what analysts are predicting for Repay Holdings in this interactive graph of future profit estimates.

A Different Perspective

Repay Holdings shareholders are up 12% for the year. But that was short of the market average. But at least that's still a gain! Over five years the TSR has been a reduction of 6% per year, over five years. It could well be that the business is stabilizing. I find it very interesting to look at share price over the long term as a proxy for business performance. But to truly gain insight, we need to consider other information, too. Consider risks, for instance. Every company has them, and we've spotted 2 warning signs for Repay Holdings you should know about.

Of course, you might find a fantastic investment by looking elsewhere. So take a peek at this free list of companies we expect will grow earnings.

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

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