Yahoo Finance Did You Manage To Avoid RigNet's (NASDAQ:RNET) Devastating 85% Share Price Drop?
We're definitely into long term investing, but some companies are simply bad investments over any time frame. It hits us in the gut when we see fellow investors suffer a loss. Anyone who held RigNet, Inc. (NASDAQ:RNET) for five years would be nursing their metaphorical wounds since the share price dropped 85% in that time. And it's not just long term holders hurting, because the stock is down 63% in the last year. The falls have accelerated recently, with the share price down 30% in the last three months.
While a drop like that is definitely a body blow, money isn't as important as health and happiness.
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RigNet isn't currently profitable, so most analysts would look to revenue growth to get an idea of how fast the underlying business is growing. Generally speaking, companies without profits are expected to grow revenue every year, and at a good clip. As you can imagine, fast revenue growth, when maintained, often leads to fast profit growth.
Over half a decade RigNet reduced its trailing twelve month revenue by 8.0% for each year. While far from catastrophic that is not good. The share price fall of 31% (per year, over five years) is a stern reminder that money-losing companies are expected to grow revenue. It takes a certain kind of mental fortitude (or recklessness) to buy shares in a company that loses money and doesn't grow revenue. That is not really what the successful investors we know aim for.
The image below shows how earnings and revenue have tracked over time (if you click on the image you can see greater detail).
You can see how its balance sheet has strengthened (or weakened) over time in this free interactive graphic.
A Different Perspective
RigNet shareholders are down 63% for the year, but the market itself is up 7.9%. However, keep in mind that even the best stocks will sometimes underperform the market over a twelve month period. Unfortunately, last year's performance may indicate unresolved challenges, given that it was worse than the annualised loss of 31% over the last half decade. We realise that Buffett has said investors should 'buy when there is blood on the streets', but we caution that investors should first be sure they are buying a high quality businesses. Most investors take the time to check the data on insider transactions. You can click here to see if insiders have been buying or selling.
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