Introducing Nevro (NYSE:NVRO), The Stock That Zoomed 271% In The Last Five Years

The most you can lose on any stock (assuming you don't use leverage) is 100% of your money. But on the bright side, you can make far more than 100% on a really good stock. Long term Nevro Corp. (NYSE:NVRO) shareholders would be well aware of this, since the stock is up 271% in five years. It's even up 9.6% in the last week. But this could be related to the buoyant market which is up about 4.5% in a week.

Check out our latest analysis for Nevro

Because Nevro 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. When a company doesn't make profits, we'd generally expect to see good revenue growth. Some companies are willing to postpone profitability to grow revenue faster, but in that case one does expect good top-line growth.

For the last half decade, Nevro can boast revenue growth at a rate of 23% per year. That's well above most pre-profit companies. Meanwhile, its share price performance certainly reflects the strong growth, given the share price grew at 30% per year, compound, during the period. This suggests the market has well and truly recognized the progress the business has made. Nevro seems like a high growth stock - so growth investors might want to add it to their watchlist.

The graphic below depicts how earnings and revenue have changed over time (unveil the exact values by clicking on the image).

Nevro is a well known stock, with plenty of analyst coverage, suggesting some visibility into future growth. You can see what analysts are predicting for Nevro in this interactive graph of future profit estimates.

A Different Perspective

Nevro's TSR for the year was broadly in line with the market average, at 30%. We should note here that the five-year TSR is more impressive, at 30% per year. More recently, the share price growth has slowed. But it has to be said the overall picture is one of good long term and short term performance. Arguably that makes Nevro a stock worth watching. 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. Case in point: We've spotted 1 warning sign for Nevro you should be aware of.

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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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