Can You Imagine How Elated Symphony Environmental Technologies' (LON:SYM) Shareholders Feel About Its 443% Share Price Gain?

We think all investors should try to buy and hold high quality multi-year winners. And highest quality companies can see their share prices grow by huge amounts. Just think about the savvy investors who held Symphony Environmental Technologies plc (LON:SYM) shares for the last five years, while they gained 443%. If that doesn't get you thinking about long term investing, we don't know what will. In more good news, the share price has risen -1.0% in thirty days. We note that Symphony Environmental Technologies reported its financial results recently; luckily, you can catch up on the latest revenue and profit numbers in our company report.

View our latest analysis for Symphony Environmental Technologies

Because Symphony Environmental Technologies made a loss in the last twelve months, we think the market is probably more focussed on revenue and revenue growth, at least for now. Generally speaking, companies without profits are expected to grow revenue every year, and at a good clip. As you can imagine, fast revenue growth, when maintained, often leads to fast profit growth.

In the last 5 years Symphony Environmental Technologies saw its revenue grow at 8.1% per year. That's a pretty good long term growth rate. Arguably it's more than reflected in the very strong share price gain of 40% a year over a half a decade. It might not be cheap but a (long-term) growth stock like this is usually well worth taking a closer look at.

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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A Different Perspective

We're pleased to report that Symphony Environmental Technologies shareholders have received a total shareholder return of 58% over one year. That's better than the annualised return of 40% over half a decade, implying that the company is doing better recently. Given the share price momentum remains strong, it might be worth taking a closer look at the stock, lest you miss an opportunity. I find it very interesting to look at share price over the long term as a proxy for business performance. But to truly gain insight, we need to consider other information, too. For instance, we've identified 4 warning signs for Symphony Environmental Technologies (1 is a bit concerning) that you should be aware of.

Of course Symphony Environmental Technologies may not be the best stock to buy. So you may wish to see this free collection of growth stocks.

Please note, the market returns quoted in this article reflect the market weighted average returns of stocks that currently trade on GB exchanges.

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