Yahoo Finance Announcing: Crest Nicholson Holdings (LON:CRST) Stock Increased An Energizing 115% In The Last Year
Unless you borrow money to invest, the potential losses are limited. But if you pick the right business to buy shares in, you can make more than you can lose. For example, the Crest Nicholson Holdings plc (LON:CRST) share price has soared 115% return in just a single year. It's down 2.4% in the last seven days. The longer term returns have not been as good, with the stock price only 7.7% higher than it was three years ago.
Check out our latest analysis for Crest Nicholson 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.
Crest Nicholson Holdings went from making a loss to reporting a profit, in the last year.
When a company has just transitioned to profitability, earnings per share growth is not always the best way to look at the share price action.
Crest Nicholson Holdings' revenue actually dropped 7.5% over last year. So using a snapshot of key business metrics doesn't give us a good picture of why the market is bidding up the stock.
You can see how earnings and revenue have changed over time in the image below (click on the chart to see the exact values).
We like that insiders have been buying shares in the last twelve months. Even so, future earnings will be far more important to whether current shareholders make money. So it makes a lot of sense to check out what analysts think Crest Nicholson Holdings will earn in the future (free profit forecasts).
A Different Perspective
It's good to see that Crest Nicholson Holdings has rewarded shareholders with a total shareholder return of 115% in the last twelve months. Of course, that includes the dividend. That gain is better than the annual TSR over five years, which is 3%. Therefore it seems like sentiment around the company has been positive lately. Given the share price momentum remains strong, it might be worth taking a closer look at the stock, lest you miss an opportunity. 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. To that end, you should be aware of the 2 warning signs we've spotted with Crest Nicholson Holdings .
Crest Nicholson Holdings is not the only stock that insiders are buying. For those who like to find winning investments this free list of growing companies with recent insider purchasing, could be just the ticket.
Please note, the market returns quoted in this article reflect the market weighted average returns of stocks that currently trade on GB exchanges.
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