Imagine Holding CleanSpark (NASDAQ:CLSK) Shares While The Price Zoomed 443% Higher

While stock picking isn't easy, for those willing to persist and learn, it is possible to buy shares in great companies, and generate wonderful returns. When you buy and hold the right company, the returns can make a huge difference to both you and your family. For example, the CleanSpark, Inc. (NASDAQ:CLSK) share price rocketed moonwards 443% in just one year. In more good news, the share price has risen 24% in thirty days. This could be related to the recent financial results that were recently released - you could check the most recent data by reading our company report. However, the longer term returns haven't been so impressive, with the stock up just 19% in the last three years.

View our latest analysis for CleanSpark

CleanSpark 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. As you can imagine, fast revenue growth, when maintained, often leads to fast profit growth.

CleanSpark grew its revenue by 121% last year. That's stonking growth even when compared to other loss-making stocks. But the share price seems headed to the moon, up 443% as previously highlighted. Even the most bullish shareholders might be thinking that the share price might drop back a bit, after a gain like that. But if the share price does moderate a bit, there might be an opportunity for high growth investors.

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

Take a more thorough look at CleanSpark's financial health with this free report on its balance sheet.

A Different Perspective

It's nice to see that CleanSpark shareholders have received a total shareholder return of 443% over the last year. That certainly beats the loss of about 0.6% per year over the last half decade. This makes us a little wary, but the business might have turned around its fortunes. It's always interesting to track share price performance over the longer term. But to understand CleanSpark better, we need to consider many other factors. Case in point: We've spotted 3 warning signs for CleanSpark you should be aware of, and 2 of them make us uncomfortable.

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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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