Announcing: Neptune Wellness Solutions (TSE:NEPT) Stock Increased An Energizing 134% In The Last Three Years

The last three months have been tough on Neptune Wellness Solutions Inc. (TSE:NEPT) shareholders, who have seen the share price decline a rather worrying 32%. But that doesn't undermine the rather lovely longer-term return, if you measure over the last three years. The share price marched upwards over that time, and is now 134% higher than it was. After a run like that some may not be surprised to see prices moderate. If the business can perform well for years to come, then the recent drop could be an opportunity.

Check out our latest analysis for Neptune Wellness Solutions

Neptune Wellness Solutions 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. As you can imagine, fast revenue growth, when maintained, often leads to fast profit growth.

The image below shows how earnings and revenue have tracked over time (if you click on the image you can see greater detail).

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We consider it positive that insiders have made significant purchases in the last year. Even so, future earnings will be far more important to whether current shareholders make money. You can see what analysts are predicting for Neptune Wellness Solutions in this interactive graph of future profit estimates.

A Different Perspective

We regret to report that Neptune Wellness Solutions shareholders are down 41% for the year. Unfortunately, that's worse than the broader market decline of 0.9%. However, it could simply be that the share price has been impacted by broader market jitters. It might be worth keeping an eye on the fundamentals, in case there's a good opportunity. Longer term investors wouldn't be so upset, since they would have made 13%, each year, over five years. It could be that the recent sell-off is an opportunity, so it may be worth checking the fundamental data for signs of a long term growth trend. It's always interesting to track share price performance over the longer term. But to understand Neptune Wellness Solutions better, we need to consider many other factors. For example, we've discovered 3 warning signs for Neptune Wellness Solutions that you should be aware of before investing here.

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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 CA exchanges.

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