Liberty Latin America (NASDAQ:LILA shareholders incur further losses as stock declines 3.2% this week, taking five-year losses to 51%

We think intelligent long term investing is the way to go. But unfortunately, some companies simply don't succeed. For example, after five long years the Liberty Latin America Ltd. (NASDAQ:LILA) share price is a whole 51% lower. That's an unpleasant experience for long term holders.

If the past week is anything to go by, investor sentiment for Liberty Latin America isn't positive, so let's see if there's a mismatch between fundamentals and the share price.

Check out our latest analysis for Liberty Latin America

Because Liberty Latin America 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 desire strong revenue growth. That's because fast revenue growth can be easily extrapolated to forecast profits, often of considerable size.

In the last half decade, Liberty Latin America saw its revenue increase by 5.0% per year. That's not a very high growth rate considering it doesn't make profits. This lacklustre growth has no doubt fueled the loss of 9% per year, in that time. We want to see an acceleration of revenue growth (or profits) before showing much interest in this one. However, it's possible too many in the market will ignore it, and there may be an opportunity if it starts to recover down the track.

The company's revenue and earnings (over time) are depicted in the image below (click to see the exact numbers).

It's probably worth noting we've seen significant insider buying in the last quarter, which we consider a positive. On the other hand, we think the revenue and earnings trends are much more meaningful measures of the business. So it makes a lot of sense to check out what analysts think Liberty Latin America will earn in the future (free profit forecasts).

A Different Perspective

Liberty Latin America provided a TSR of 5.6% over the last twelve months. But that return falls short of the market. But at least that's still a gain! Over five years the TSR has been a reduction of 9% per year, over five years. It could well be that the business is stabilizing. It is all well and good that insiders have been buying shares, but we suggest you check here to see what price insiders were buying at.

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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 American exchanges.

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