Shareholders Are Thrilled That The GoDaddy (NYSE:GDDY) Share Price Increased 177%

When you buy shares in a company, it's worth keeping in mind the possibility that it could fail, and you could lose your money. But when you pick a company that is really flourishing, you can make more than 100%. For example, the GoDaddy Inc. (NYSE:GDDY) share price has soared 177% in the last half decade. Most would be very happy with that. On the other hand, we note it's down 8.1% in about a month.

View our latest analysis for GoDaddy

GoDaddy isn't currently profitable, so most analysts would look to revenue growth to get an idea of how fast the underlying business is growing. Shareholders of unprofitable companies usually expect strong revenue growth. That's because it's hard to be confident a company will be sustainable if revenue growth is negligible, and it never makes a profit.

In the last 5 years GoDaddy saw its revenue grow at 15% 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 23% per year, compound, during the period. This suggests the market has well and truly recognized the progress the business has made. GoDaddy seems like a high growth stock - so growth investors might want to add it to their watchlist.

The image below shows how earnings and revenue have tracked over time (if you click on the image you can see greater detail).

GoDaddy is well known by investors, and plenty of clever analysts have tried to predict the future profit levels. You can see what analysts are predicting for GoDaddy in this interactive graph of future profit estimates.

A Different Perspective

GoDaddy shareholders are up 12% for the year. But that was short of the market average. It's probably a good sign that the company has an even better long term track record, having provided shareholders with an annual TSR of 23% over five years. It may well be that this is a business worth popping on the watching, given the continuing positive reception, over time, from the market. While it is well worth considering the different impacts that market conditions can have on the share price, there are other factors that are even more important. Consider risks, for instance. Every company has them, and we've spotted 1 warning sign for GoDaddy you should know about.

Of course GoDaddy may not be the best stock to buy. So you may wish to see this free collection of growth stocks.

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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