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Investors are selling off Forian (NASDAQ:FORA), lack of profits no doubt contribute to shareholders one-year loss
- Published
- April 28, 2022
Even the best investor on earth makes unsuccessful investments. But serious investors should think long and hard about avoiding extreme losses. So spare a thought for the long term shareholders of Forian Inc. (NASDAQ:FORA); the share price is down a whopping 73% in the last twelve months. That'd be enough to make even the strongest stomachs churn. Because Forian hasn't been listed for many years, the market is still learning about how the business performs. The falls have accelerated recently, with the share price down 60% in the last three months.
Given the past week has been tough on shareholders, let's investigate the fundamentals and see what we can learn.
Check out our latest analysis for Forian
Given that Forian didn't make a profit in the last twelve months, we'll focus on revenue growth to form a quick view of its business development. 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.
Forian grew its revenue by 2,998% over the last year. That's well above most other pre-profit companies. So the hefty 73% share price crash makes us think the company has somehow offended market participants. Something weird is definitely impacting the stock price; we'd venture the company has destroyed value somehow. What is clear is that the market is not judging the company on its revenue growth right now. Of course, markets do over-react so share price drop may be too harsh.
The image below shows how earnings and revenue have tracked over time (if you click on the image you can see greater detail).
It's good to see that there was some significant insider buying in the last three months. That's a positive. On the other hand, we think the revenue and earnings trends are much more meaningful measures of the business. If you are thinking of buying or selling Forian stock, you should check out this free report showing analyst profit forecasts.
A Different Perspective
We doubt Forian shareholders are happy with the loss of 73% over twelve months. That falls short of the market, which lost 7.2%. That's disappointing, but it's worth keeping in mind that the market-wide selling wouldn't have helped. The share price decline has continued throughout the most recent three months, down 60%, suggesting an absence of enthusiasm from investors. Basically, most investors should be wary of buying into a poor-performing stock, unless the business itself has clearly improved. It's always interesting to track share price performance over the longer term. But to understand Forian better, we need to consider many other factors. Even so, be aware that Forian is showing 3 warning signs in our investment analysis , and 1 of those is significant...
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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 US exchanges.
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