Yahoo Finance A Look At Keytone Dairy's (ASX:KTD) Share Price Returns
It's nice to see the Keytone Dairy Corporation Limited (ASX:KTD) share price up 18% in a week. But that is minimal compensation for the share price under-performance over the last year. In fact, the price has declined 34% in a year, falling short of the returns you could get by investing in an index fund.
See our latest analysis for Keytone Dairy
Because Keytone Dairy made a loss in the last twelve months, we think the market is probably more focussed on revenue and revenue growth, at least for now. Shareholders of unprofitable companies usually expect strong revenue growth. Some companies are willing to postpone profitability to grow revenue faster, but in that case one does expect good top-line growth.
In the last year Keytone Dairy saw its revenue grow by 788%. That's well above most other pre-profit companies. The share price drop of 34% over twelve months would be considered disappointing by many, so you might argue the company is getting little credit for its impressive revenue growth. Prima facie, revenue growth like that should be a good thing, so it's worth checking whether losses have stabilized. Our monkey brains haven't evolved to think exponentially, so humans do tend to underestimate companies that have exponential growth.
The company's revenue and earnings (over time) are depicted in the image below (click to see the exact numbers).
Take a more thorough look at Keytone Dairy's financial health with this free report on its balance sheet.
A Different Perspective
Given that the market gained 3.1% in the last year, Keytone Dairy shareholders might be miffed that they lost 34%. 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. Putting aside the last twelve months, it's good to see the share price has rebounded by 8.3%, in the last ninety days. Let's just hope this isn't the widely-feared 'dead cat bounce' (which would indicate further declines to come). While it is well worth considering the different impacts that market conditions can have on the share price, there are other factors that are even more important. Case in point: We've spotted 3 warning signs for Keytone Dairy you should be aware of, and 1 of them is significant.
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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 AU exchanges.
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