Yahoo Finance Did Changing Sentiment Drive Sunniva's (CNSX:SNN) Share Price Down A Painful 91%?
As every investor would know, you don't hit a homerun every time you swing. But it's not unreasonable to try to avoid truly shocking capital losses. So spare a thought for the long term shareholders of Sunniva Inc. (CNSX:SNN); the share price is down a whopping 91% in the last twelve months. A loss like this is a stark reminder that portfolio diversification is important. Because Sunniva hasn't been listed for many years, the market is still learning about how the business performs. Even worse, it's down 74% in about a month, which isn't fun at all.
We really feel for shareholders in this scenario. It's a good reminder of the importance of diversification, and it's worth keeping in mind there's more to life than money, anyway.
View our latest analysis for Sunniva
Sunniva 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 fast revenue growth can be easily extrapolated to forecast profits, often of considerable size.
In the last twelve months, Sunniva increased its revenue by 43%. That's definitely a respectable growth rate. However, it seems like the market wanted more, since the share price is down 91%. One fear might be that the company might be losing too much money and will need to raise more. We'd posit that the future looks challenging, given the disconnect between revenue growth and the share price.
The company's revenue and earnings (over time) are depicted in the image below (click to see the exact numbers).
We like that insiders have been buying shares in the last twelve months. Even so, future earnings will be far more important to whether current shareholders make money. It might be well worthwhile taking a look at our free report on Sunniva's earnings, revenue and cash flow.
A Different Perspective
While Sunniva shareholders are down 91% for the year, the market itself is up 12%. 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. The share price decline has continued throughout the most recent three months, down 60%, suggesting an absence of enthusiasm from investors. Basically, most investors should be wary of buying into a poor-performing stock, unless the business itself has clearly improved. If you want to research this stock further, the data on insider buying is an obvious place to start. You can click here to see who has been buying shares - and the price they paid.
There are plenty of other companies that have insiders buying up shares. You probably do not want to miss this free list of growing companies that insiders are buying.
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