Yahoo Finance Shareholders Are Thrilled That The U.S. Global Investors (NASDAQ:GROW) Share Price Increased 172%
The worst result, after buying shares in a company (assuming no leverage), would be if you lose all the money you put in. But in contrast you can make much more than 100% if the company does well. For example, the U.S. Global Investors, Inc. (NASDAQ:GROW) share price has soared 172% in the last three years. That sort of return is as solid as granite. Also pleasing for shareholders was the 59% gain in the last three months.
Check out our latest analysis for U.S. Global Investors
U.S. Global Investors isn't currently profitable, so most analysts would look to revenue growth to get an idea of how fast the underlying business is growing. When a company doesn't make profits, we'd generally expect to see good 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 3 years U.S. Global Investors saw its revenue shrink by 16% per year. So the share price gain of 40% per year is quite surprising. It's a good reminder that expectations about the future, not the past history, always impact share prices.
The company's revenue and earnings (over time) are depicted in the image below (click to see the exact numbers).
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.
What About Dividends?
As well as measuring the share price return, investors should also consider the total shareholder return (TSR). The TSR incorporates the value of any spin-offs or discounted capital raisings, along with any dividends, based on the assumption that the dividends are reinvested. So for companies that pay a generous dividend, the TSR is often a lot higher than the share price return. As it happens, U.S. Global Investors' TSR for the last 3 years was 187%, which exceeds the share price return mentioned earlier. And there's no prize for guessing that the dividend payments largely explain the divergence!
A Different Perspective
It's nice to see that U.S. Global Investors shareholders have received a total shareholder return of 76% over the last year. Of course, that includes the dividend. That's better than the annualised return of 15% over half a decade, implying that the company is doing better recently. Someone with an optimistic perspective could view the recent improvement in TSR as indicating that the business itself is getting better with time. 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. Take risks, for example - U.S. Global Investors has 4 warning signs (and 1 which is a bit unpleasant) we think 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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