MongoDB's (NASDAQ:MDB) growing losses don't faze investors as the stock increases 6.0% this past week

Investing can be hard but the potential fo an individual stock to pay off big time inspires us. Mistakes are inevitable, but a single top stock pick can cover any losses, and so much more. One bright shining star stock has been MongoDB, Inc. (NASDAQ:MDB), which is 513% higher than three years ago. It's also up 38% in about a month. We note that MongoDB reported its financial results recently; luckily, you can catch up on the latest revenue and profit numbers in our company report. It really delights us to see such great share price performance for investors.

Since it's been a strong week for MongoDB shareholders, let's have a look at trend of the longer term fundamentals.

Check out our latest analysis for MongoDB

Because MongoDB 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. Shareholders of unprofitable companies usually expect strong revenue growth. Some companies are willing to postpone profitability to grow revenue faster, but in that case one does expect good top-line growth.

MongoDB's revenue trended up 38% each year over three years. That's well above most pre-profit companies. In light of this attractive revenue growth, it seems somewhat appropriate that the share price has been rocketing, boasting a gain of 83% per year, over the same period. It's always tempting to take profits after a share price gain like that, but high-growth companies like MongoDB can sometimes sustain strong growth for many years. So we'd recommend you take a closer look at this one, or even put it on your watchlist.

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

MongoDB is well known by investors, and plenty of clever analysts have tried to predict the future profit levels. Given we have quite a good number of analyst forecasts, it might be well worth checking out this free chart depicting consensus estimates.

A Different Perspective

Pleasingly, MongoDB's total shareholder return last year was 141%. That's better than the annualized TSR of 83% over the last three years. The improving returns to shareholders suggests the stock is becoming more popular with time. It's always interesting to track share price performance over the longer term. But to understand MongoDB better, we need to consider many other factors. Consider risks, for instance. Every company has them, and we've spotted 4 warning signs for MongoDB you should know about.

But note: MongoDB may not be the best stock to buy. So take a peek at this free list of interesting companies with past earnings growth (and further growth forecast).

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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