Yahoo Finance If You Had Bought Boom Logistics (ASX:BOL) Stock Three Years Ago, You Could Pocket A 41% Gain Today
By buying an index fund, investors can approximate the average market return. But if you pick the right individual stocks, you could make more than that. Just take a look at Boom Logistics Limited (ASX:BOL), which is up 41%, over three years, soundly beating the market return of 23% (not including dividends). On the other hand, the returns haven't been quite so good recently, with shareholders up just 6.9%.
See our latest analysis for Boom Logistics
Given that Boom Logistics 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. Shareholders of unprofitable companies usually expect strong revenue growth. As you can imagine, fast revenue growth, when maintained, often leads to fast profit growth.
Boom Logistics's revenue trended up 9.1% each year over three years. That's a very respectable growth rate. The share price gain of 12% per year shows that the market is paying attention to this growth. Of course, valuation is quite sensitive to the rate of growth. Of course, it's always worth considering funding risks when a company isn't profitable.
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
Boom Logistics shareholders gained a total return of 6.9% during the year. But that was short of the market average. On the bright side, that's still a gain, and it's actually better than the average return of 1.0% over half a decade It is possible that returns will improve along with the business fundamentals. If you would like to research Boom Logistics in more detail then you might want to take a look at whether insiders have been buying or selling shares in the company.
Of course, you might find a fantastic investment by looking elsewhere. So take a peek at this free list of companies we expect will grow earnings.
Please note, the market returns quoted in this article reflect the market weighted average returns of stocks that currently trade on AU exchanges.
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