Here's How Much PEDEVCO (NYSEMKT:PED) Has Returned To Its Shareholders Over The Past Three Years

The PEDEVCO Corp. (NYSEMKT:PED) share price has had a bad week, falling 20%. But don't let that distract from the very nice return generated over three years. After all, the share price is up a market-beating 66% in that time.

View our latest analysis for PEDEVCO

PEDEVCO isn't currently profitable, so most analysts would look to revenue growth to get an idea of how fast the underlying business is growing. When a company doesn't make profits, we'd generally expect to see good revenue growth. That's because fast revenue growth can be easily extrapolated to forecast profits, often of considerable size.

In the last 3 years PEDEVCO saw its revenue grow at 57% per year. That's well above most pre-profit companies. The share price rise of 18% per year throughout that time is nice to see, and given the revenue growth, that gain seems somewhat justified. So now might be the perfect time to put PEDEVCO on your radar. If the company is trending towards profitability then it could be very interesting.

You can see how earnings and revenue have changed over time in the image below (click on the chart to see the exact values).

We like that insiders have been buying shares in the last twelve months. Having said that, most people consider earnings and revenue growth trends to be a more meaningful guide to the business. This free interactive report on PEDEVCO's earnings, revenue and cash flow is a great place to start, if you want to investigate the stock further.

A Different Perspective

While the broader market gained around 19% in the last year, PEDEVCO shareholders lost 31%. However, keep in mind that even the best stocks will sometimes underperform the market over a twelve month period. Unfortunately, last year's performance may indicate unresolved challenges, given that it was worse than the annualised loss of 10% over the last half decade. Generally speaking long term share price weakness can be a bad sign, though contrarian investors might want to research the stock in hope of a turnaround. 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. For example, we've discovered 4 warning signs for PEDEVCO (1 doesn't sit too well with us!) that you should be aware of before investing here.

PEDEVCO 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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