As Gerresheimer (ETR:GXI) climbs 6.7% this past week, investors may now be noticing the company's one-year earnings growth

Gerresheimer AG (ETR:GXI) shareholders should be happy to see the share price up 15% in the last month. In contrast, the stock is down for the year. But at least it bettered the loss of 23% in its market.

While the stock has risen 6.7% in the past week but long term shareholders are still in the red, let's see what the fundamentals can tell us.

See our latest analysis for Gerresheimer

While markets are a powerful pricing mechanism, share prices reflect investor sentiment, not just underlying business performance. One way to examine how market sentiment has changed over time is to look at the interaction between a company's share price and its earnings per share (EPS).

During the unfortunate twelve months during which the Gerresheimer share price fell, it actually saw its earnings per share (EPS) improve by 4.2%. It's quite possible that growth expectations may have been unreasonable in the past.

It seems quite likely that the market was expecting higher growth from the stock. But other metrics might shed some light on why the share price is down.

Gerresheimer's revenue is actually up 18% over the last year. Since we can't easily explain the share price movement based on these metrics, it might be worth considering how market sentiment has changed towards the stock.

You can see below how earnings and revenue have changed over time (discover the exact values by clicking on the image).

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Take a more thorough look at Gerresheimer's financial health with this free report on its balance sheet.

A Different Perspective

Gerresheimer shareholders are down 21% over twelve months (even including dividends), which isn't far from the market return of -23%. Longer term investors wouldn't be so upset, since they would have made 0.5%, each year, over five years. If the stock price has been impacted by changing sentiment, rather than deteriorating business conditions, it could spell opportunity. While it is well worth considering the different impacts that market conditions can have on the share price, there are other factors that are even more important. For instance, we've identified 2 warning signs for Gerresheimer (1 makes us a bit uncomfortable) that you should be aware of.

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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 DE exchanges.

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