Yahoo Finance Did You Miss Accsys Technologies's (LON:AXS) 72% Share Price Gain?
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One simple way to benefit from the stock market is to buy an index fund. But if you buy good businesses at attractive prices, your portfolio returns could exceed the average market return. Just take a look at Accsys Technologies PLC (LON:AXS), which is up 72%, over three years, soundly beating the market return of 16% (not including dividends). However, more recent returns haven't been as impressive as that, with the stock returning just 43% in the last year.
View our latest analysis for Accsys Technologies
Accsys Technologies isn't a profitable company, so it is unlikely we'll see a strong correlation between its share price and its earnings per share (EPS). Arguably revenue is our next best option. When a company doesn't make profits, we'd generally expect to see good revenue growth. That's because fast revenue growth can be easily extrapolated to forecast profits, often of considerable size.
Accsys Technologies's revenue trended up 8.3% each year over three years. That's a very respectable growth rate. While the share price has done well, compounding at 20% yearly, over three years, that move doesn't seem over the top. If that's the case, then it could be well worth while to research the growth trajectory. Of course, it's always worth considering funding risks when a company isn't profitable.
The chart below shows how revenue and earnings have changed with time, (if you click on the chart you can see the actual values).
Take a more thorough look at Accsys Technologies's financial health with this free report on its balance sheet.
A Different Perspective
It's good to see that Accsys Technologies has rewarded shareholders with a total shareholder return of 43% in the last twelve months. Notably the five-year annualised TSR loss of 1.2% per year compares very unfavourably with the recent share price performance. The long term loss makes us cautious, but the short term TSR gain certainly hints at a brighter future. You could get a better understanding of Accsys Technologies's growth by checking out this more detailed historical graph of earnings, revenue and cash flow.
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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 GB exchanges.
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