Did Business Growth Power Intrepid Potash's (NYSE:IPI) Share Price Gain of 123%?

When you buy shares in a company, there is always a risk that the price drops to zero. On the other hand, if you find a high quality business to buy (at the right price) you can more than double your money! For example, the Intrepid Potash, Inc. (NYSE:IPI) share price has soared 123% return in just a single year. It's also up 15% in about a month. Zooming out, the stock is actually down 34% in the last three years.

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Intrepid Potash 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 year Intrepid Potash saw its revenue shrink by 10%. We're a little surprised to see the share price pop 123% in the last year. It just goes to show the market doesn't always pay attention to the reported numbers. It's quite likely the revenue fall was already priced in, anyway.

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

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A Different Perspective

It's good to see that Intrepid Potash has rewarded shareholders with a total shareholder return of 123% in the last twelve months. That's better than the annualised return of 17% over half a decade, implying that the company is doing better recently. Given the share price momentum remains strong, it might be worth taking a closer look at the stock, lest you miss an opportunity. You could get a better understanding of Intrepid Potash's growth by checking out this more detailed historical graph of earnings, revenue and cash flow.

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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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