Yahoo Finance If You Had Bought United Strength Power Holdings (HKG:2337) Stock A Year Ago, You Could Pocket A 20% Gain Today
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These days it's easy to simply buy an index fund, and your returns should (roughly) match the market. But investors can boost returns by picking market-beating companies to own shares in. For example, the United Strength Power Holdings Limited (HKG:2337) share price is up 20% in the last year, clearly besting than the market return of around -8.6% (not including dividends). That's a solid performance by our standards! We'll need to follow United Strength Power Holdings for a while to get a better sense of its share price trend, since it hasn't been listed for particularly long.
View our latest analysis for United Strength Power Holdings
While markets are a powerful pricing mechanism, share prices reflect investor sentiment, not just underlying business performance. By comparing earnings per share (EPS) and share price changes over time, we can get a feel for how investor attitudes to a company have morphed over time.
During the last year United Strength Power Holdings grew its earnings per share (EPS) by 262%. This EPS growth is significantly higher than the 20% increase in the share price. So it seems like the market has cooled on United Strength Power Holdings, despite the growth. Interesting.
The company's earnings per share (over time) is depicted in the image below (click to see the exact numbers).
Dive deeper into United Strength Power Holdings's key metrics by checking this interactive graph of United Strength Power Holdings's earnings, revenue and cash flow.
A Different Perspective
It's nice to see that United Strength Power Holdings shareholders have gained 22% over the last year, including dividends. And the share price momentum remains respectable, with a gain of 16% in the last three months. Demand for the stock from multiple parties is pushing the price higher; it could be that word is getting out about its virtues as a business. Before deciding if you like the current share price, check how United Strength Power Holdings scores on these 3 valuation metrics.
We will like United Strength Power Holdings better if we see some big insider buys. While we wait, check out this free list of growing companies with considerable, recent, insider buying.
Please note, the market returns quoted in this article reflect the market weighted average returns of stocks that currently trade on HK exchanges.
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