![]() ![]() We aim to bring you long-term focused analysis driven by fundamental data. It does not constitute a recommendation to buy or sell any stock, and does not take account of your objectives, or your financial situation. We provide commentary based on historical data and analyst forecasts only using an unbiased methodology and our articles are not intended to be financial advice. This article by Simply Wall St is general in nature. Alternatively, email editorial-team (at). Have feedback on this article? Concerned about the content? Get in touch with us directly. Please note, the market returns quoted in this article reflect the market weighted average returns of stocks that currently trade on Dutch exchanges. So take a peek at this free list of interesting companies with past earnings growth (and further growth forecast). Even so, be aware that NN Group is showing 3 warning signs in our investment analysis, and 1 of those is a bit unpleasant.īut note: NN Group may not be the best stock to buy. But to understand NN Group better, we need to consider many other factors. It's always interesting to track share price performance over the longer term. It could be that the recent sell-off is an opportunity, so it may be worth checking the fundamental data for signs of a long term growth trend. Longer term investors wouldn't be so upset, since they would have made 3%, each year, over five years. However, keep in mind that even the best stocks will sometimes underperform the market over a twelve month period. While the broader market gained around 9.5% in the last year, NN Group shareholders lost 17% (even including dividends). The image below shows how EPS has tracked over time (if you click on the image you can see greater detail). It may have been that the weak EPS was not as bad as some had feared. This fall in the EPS is significantly worse than the 23% the share price fall. Unhappily, NN Group had to report a 84% decline in EPS over the last year. One flawed but reasonable way to assess how sentiment around a company has changed is to compare the earnings per share (EPS) with the share price. There is no denying that markets are sometimes efficient, but prices do not always reflect underlying business performance. With that in mind, it's worth seeing if the company's underlying fundamentals have been the driver of long term performance, or if there are some discrepancies. But this could be related to poor market conditions - stocks are down 6.3% in the same time. ![]() Unfortunately the share price momentum is still quite negative, with prices down 12% in thirty days. However, the longer term returns haven't been so bad, with the stock down 6.4% in the last three years. That's well below the market return of 9.5%. ( AMS:NN) have tasted that bitter downside in the last year, as the share price dropped 23%. But if you buy individual stocks, you can do both better or worse than that. The simplest way to benefit from a rising market is to buy an index fund. ![]()
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