CleanSpace Holdings (ASX:CSX) investors are sitting on a loss of 38% if they invested a year ago

CleanSpace Holdings Limited (ASX:CSX) shareholders should be happy to see the share price up 18% in the last month. But that doesn't change the fact that the returns over the last year have been less than pleasing. After all, the share price is down 38% in the last year, significantly under-performing the market.

It's worthwhile assessing if the company's economics have been moving in lockstep with these underwhelming shareholder returns, or if there is some disparity between the two. So let's do just that.

View our latest analysis for CleanSpace Holdings

CleanSpace Holdings wasn't profitable in the last twelve months, it is unlikely we'll see a strong correlation between its share price and its earnings per share (EPS). Arguably revenue is our next best option. When a company doesn't make profits, we'd generally expect to see good revenue growth. That's because fast revenue growth can be easily extrapolated to forecast profits, often of considerable size.

CleanSpace Holdings' revenue didn't grow at all in the last year. In fact, it fell 72%. If you think that's a particularly bad result, you're statistically on the money Meanwhile, the share price dropped by 38%. It's always work digging deeper, but we'd probably need to see a strong balance sheet and bottom line improvements to get interested in this one.

You can see how earnings and revenue have changed over time in the image below (click on the chart to see the exact values).

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You can see how its balance sheet has strengthened (or weakened) over time in this free interactive graphic.

A Different Perspective

Given that the market gained 8.9% in the last year, CleanSpace Holdings shareholders might be miffed that they lost 38%. While the aim is to do better than that, it's worth recalling that even great long-term investments sometimes underperform for a year or more. With the stock down 7.0% over the last three months, the market doesn't seem to believe that the company has solved all its problems. Given the relatively short history of this stock, we'd remain pretty wary until we see some strong business performance. 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. Even so, be aware that CleanSpace Holdings is showing 2 warning signs in our investment analysis , and 1 of those is significant...

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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 AU exchanges.

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