Yahoo Finance Investors Who Bought Charter Communications (NASDAQ:CHTR) Shares Five Years Ago Are Now Up 192%
When you buy shares in a company, it's worth keeping in mind the possibility that it could fail, and you could lose your money. But on the bright side, if you buy shares in a high quality company at the right price, you can gain well over 100%. For instance, the price of Charter Communications, Inc. (NASDAQ:CHTR) stock is up an impressive 192% over the last five years. It's also up 13% in about a month. We note that Charter Communications reported its financial results recently; luckily, you can catch up on the latest revenue and profit numbers in our company report.
Check out our latest analysis for Charter Communications
While the efficient markets hypothesis continues to be taught by some, it has been proven that markets are over-reactive dynamic systems, and investors are not always rational. One way to examine how market sentiment has changed over time is to look at the interaction between a company's share price and its earnings per share (EPS).
During the five years of share price growth, Charter Communications moved from a loss to profitability. That kind of transition can be an inflection point that justifies a strong share price gain, just as we have seen here.
The graphic below depicts how EPS has changed over time (unveil the exact values by clicking on the image).
We know that Charter Communications has improved its bottom line lately, but is it going to grow revenue? You could check out this free report showing analyst revenue forecasts.
A Different Perspective
Charter Communications shareholders gained a total return of 35% during the year. Unfortunately this falls short of the market return. The silver lining is that the gain was actually better than the average annual return of 24% per year over five year. It is possible that returns will improve along with the business fundamentals. 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. Consider risks, for instance. Every company has them, and we've spotted 1 warning sign for Charter Communications you should know about.
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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 US exchanges.
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