Yahoo Finance Even though Tesserent (ASX:TNT) has lost AU$50m market cap in last 7 days, shareholders are still up 142% over 3 years
The Tesserent Limited (ASX:TNT) share price has had a bad week, falling 22%. In contrast, the return over three years has been impressive. Indeed, the share price is up a very strong 142% in that time. To some, the recent share price pullback wouldn't be surprising after such a good run. If the business can perform well for years to come, then the recent drop could be an opportunity.
Since the long term performance has been good but there's been a recent pullback of 22%, let's check if the fundamentals match the share price.
View our latest analysis for Tesserent
Tesserent 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. As you can imagine, fast revenue growth, when maintained, often leads to fast profit growth.
In the last 3 years Tesserent saw its revenue grow at 88% per year. That's much better than most loss-making companies. Along the way, the share price gained 34% per year, a solid pop by our standards. This suggests the market has recognized the progress the business has made, at least to a significant degree. Nonetheless, we'd say Tesserent is still worth investigating - successful businesses can often keep growing for long periods.
The image below shows how earnings and revenue have tracked over time (if you click on the image you can see greater detail).
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
Tesserent shareholders are down 38% for the year, but the market itself is up 10%. 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. Longer term investors wouldn't be so upset, since they would have made 10%, each year, over five years. If the fundamental data continues to indicate long term sustainable growth, the current sell-off could be an opportunity worth considering. It's always interesting to track share price performance over the longer term. But to understand Tesserent better, we need to consider many other factors. For example, we've discovered 2 warning signs for Tesserent that you should be aware of before investing here.
If you would prefer to check out another company -- one with potentially superior financials -- then do not miss this free list of companies that have proven they can grow earnings.
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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