Yahoo Finance Some Groupon (NASDAQ:GRPN) Shareholders Are Down 42%
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The main aim of stock picking is to find the market-beating stocks. But in any portfolio, there will be mixed results between individual stocks. At this point some shareholders may be questioning their investment in Groupon, Inc. (NASDAQ:GRPN), since the last five years saw the share price fall 42%. And it's not just long term holders hurting, because the stock is down 26% in the last year.
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Groupon 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. That's because it's hard to be confident a company will be sustainable if revenue growth is negligible, and it never makes a profit.
Over half a decade Groupon reduced its trailing twelve month revenue by 1.9% for each year. While far from catastrophic that is not good. The stock hasn't done well for shareholders in the last five years, falling 10%, annualized. But it doesn't surprise given the falling revenue. It might be worth watching for signs of a turnaround - buyers are probably expecting one.
You can see how revenue and earnings have changed over time in the image below, (click on the chart to see cashflow).
Groupon is well known by investors, and plenty of clever analysts have tried to predict the future profit levels. If you are thinking of buying or selling Groupon stock, you should check out this free report showing analyst consensus estimates for future profits.
A Different Perspective
Groupon shareholders are down 26% for the year, but the market itself is up 0.1%. Even the share prices of good stocks drop sometimes, but we want to see improvements in the fundamental metrics of a business, before getting too interested. Unfortunately, last year's performance may indicate unresolved challenges, given that it was worse than the annualised loss of 10% over the last half decade. Generally speaking long term share price weakness can be a bad sign, though contrarian investors might want to research the stock in hope of a turnaround. You could get a better understanding of Groupon's growth by checking out this more detailed historical graph of earnings, revenue and cash flow.
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