Yahoo Finance Did Scorpio Tankers's (NYSE:STNG) Share Price Deserve to Gain 73%?
Scorpio Tankers Inc. (NYSE:STNG) shareholders have seen the share price descend 12% over the month. While that might be a setback, it doesn't negate the nice returns received over the last twelve months. Looking at the full year, the company has easily bested an index fund by gaining 73%.
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Given that Scorpio Tankers didn't make a profit in the last twelve months, we'll focus on revenue growth to form a quick view of its business development. Generally speaking, companies without profits are expected to grow revenue every year, and at a good clip. That's because fast revenue growth can be easily extrapolated to forecast profits, often of considerable size.
In the last year Scorpio Tankers saw its revenue grow by 15%. We respect that sort of growth, no doubt. Buyers pushed the share price 73% in response, which isn't unreasonable. If the company can maintain the revenue growth, the share price could go higher still. But it's crucial to check profitability and cash flow before forming a view on the future.
The graphic below depicts how earnings and revenue have changed over time (unveil the exact values by clicking on the image).
Scorpio Tankers is well known by investors, and plenty of clever analysts have tried to predict the future profit levels. So we recommend checking out this free report showing consensus forecasts
What About Dividends?
As well as measuring the share price return, investors should also consider the total shareholder return (TSR). The TSR is a return calculation that accounts for the value of cash dividends (assuming that any dividend received was reinvested) and the calculated value of any discounted capital raisings and spin-offs. Arguably, the TSR gives a more comprehensive picture of the return generated by a stock. As it happens, Scorpio Tankers's TSR for the last year was 76%, 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 good to see that Scorpio Tankers has rewarded shareholders with a total shareholder return of 76% in the last twelve months. Of course, that includes the dividend. Notably the five-year annualised TSR loss of 15% 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 might want to assess this data-rich visualization of its 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 US exchanges.
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