Yahoo Finance If You Had Bought Eguana Technologies (CVE:EGT) Stock Five Years Ago, You'd Be Sitting On A 77% Loss, Today
We're definitely into long term investing, but some companies are simply bad investments over any time frame. It hits us in the gut when we see fellow investors suffer a loss. Imagine if you held Eguana Technologies Inc. (CVE:EGT) for half a decade as the share price tanked 77%. And it's not just long term holders hurting, because the stock is down 58% in the last year. Shareholders have had an even rougher run lately, with the share price down 33% in the last 90 days.
Check out our latest analysis for Eguana Technologies
Given that Eguana Technologies 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.
Over half a decade Eguana Technologies reduced its trailing twelve month revenue by 5.7% for each year. That's not what investors generally want to see. The share price fall of 26% (per year, over five years) is a stern reminder that money-losing companies are expected to grow revenue. It takes a certain kind of mental fortitude (or recklessness) to buy shares in a company that loses money and doesn't grow revenue. That is not really what the successful investors we know aim for.
The image below shows how earnings and revenue have tracked over time (if you click on the image you can see greater detail).
This free interactive report on Eguana Technologies's balance sheet strength is a great place to start, if you want to investigate the stock further.
A Different Perspective
Eguana Technologies shareholders are down 58% for the year, but the market itself is up 8.1%. 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. Regrettably, last year's performance caps off a bad run, with the shareholders facing a total loss of 26% per year over five years. 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. If you would like to research Eguana Technologies in more detail then you might want to take a look at whether insiders have been buying or selling shares in the company.
But note: Eguana Technologies may not be the best stock to buy. So take a peek at this free list of interesting companies with past earnings growth (and further growth forecast).
Please note, the market returns quoted in this article reflect the market weighted average returns of stocks that currently trade on CA exchanges.
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