Yahoo Finance Corsa Coal (CVE:CSO) delivers shareholders impressive 193% return over 1 year, surging 12% in the last week alone
When you buy shares in a company, there is always a risk that the price drops to zero. But if you pick the right business to buy shares in, you can make more than you can lose. For example, the Corsa Coal Corp. (CVE:CSO) share price has soared 193% in the last 1 year. Most would be very happy with that, especially in just one year! It's also good to see the share price up 65% over the last quarter. Zooming out, the stock is actually down 47% in the last three years.
On the back of a solid 7-day performance, let's check what role the company's fundamentals have played in driving long term shareholder returns.
Check out our latest analysis for Corsa Coal
Corsa Coal isn't currently profitable, so most analysts would look to revenue growth to get an idea of how fast the underlying business is growing. When a company doesn't make profits, we'd generally expect to see good revenue growth. As you can imagine, fast revenue growth, when maintained, often leads to fast profit growth.
In the last year Corsa Coal saw its revenue shrink by 52%. So we would not have expected the share price to rise 193%. This is a good example of how buyers can push up prices even before the fundamental metrics show much growth. It's quite likely the revenue fall was already priced in, anyway.
The company's revenue and earnings (over time) are depicted in the image below (click to see the exact numbers).
This free interactive report on Corsa Coal's balance sheet strength is a great place to start, if you want to investigate the stock further.
A Different Perspective
It's nice to see that Corsa Coal shareholders have received a total shareholder return of 193% over the last year. There's no doubt those recent returns are much better than the TSR loss of 12% per year over five years. We generally put more weight on the long term performance over the short term, but the recent improvement could hint at a (positive) inflection point within the business. I find it very interesting to look at share price over the long term as a proxy for business performance. But to truly gain insight, we need to consider other information, too. For example, we've discovered 4 warning signs for Corsa Coal (1 is a bit unpleasant!) that you should be aware of before investing here.
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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 CA exchanges.
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