Yahoo Finance Easy Come, Easy Go: How Quattro Plus Real Estate (ASX:QPR) Shareholders Got Unlucky And Saw 90% Of Their Cash Evaporate
Long term investing is the way to go, but that doesn't mean you should hold every stock forever. It hits us in the gut when we see fellow investors suffer a loss. Anyone who held Quattro Plus Real Estate (ASX:QPR) for five years would be nursing their metaphorical wounds since the share price dropped 90% in that time. Unfortunately the share price momentum is still quite negative, with prices down 9.8% in thirty days.
We really hope anyone holding through that price crash has a diversified portfolio. Even when you lose money, you don't have to lose the lesson.
Check out our latest analysis for Quattro Plus Real Estate
In his essay The Superinvestors of Graham-and-Doddsville Warren Buffett described how share prices do not always rationally reflect the value of a business. One imperfect but simple way to consider how the market perception of a company has shifted is to compare the change in the earnings per share (EPS) with the share price movement.
Quattro Plus Real Estate became profitable within the last five years. That would generally be considered a positive, so we are surprised to see the share price is down. Other metrics might give us a better handle on how its value is changing over time.
Revenue is actually up 14% over the time period. So it seems one might have to take closer look at the fundamentals to understand why the share price languishes. After all, there may be an opportunity.
You can see below how earnings and revenue have changed over time (discover the exact values by clicking on the image).
Balance sheet strength is crucial. It might be well worthwhile taking a look at our free report on how its financial position has changed over time.
A Different Perspective
Quattro Plus Real Estate shareholders are down 16% for the year, but the market itself is up 20%. Even the share prices of good stocks drop sometimes, but we want to see improvements in the fundamental metrics of a business, before getting too interested. Unfortunately, longer term shareholders are suffering worse, given the loss of 36% doled out over the last five years. We'd need to see some sustained improvements in the key metrics before we could muster much enthusiasm. It's always interesting to track share price performance over the longer term. But to understand Quattro Plus Real Estate better, we need to consider many other factors. For instance, we've identified 3 warning signs for Quattro Plus Real Estate (1 is a bit unpleasant) that you should be aware of.
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