Investing in Frequency Electronics (NASDAQ:FEIM) a year ago would have delivered you a 40% gain
These days it's easy to simply buy an index fund, and your returns should (roughly) match the market. But you can significantly boost your returns by picking above-average stocks. For example, the Frequency Electronics, Inc. (NASDAQ:FEIM) share price is up 40% in the last 1 year, clearly besting the market return of around 23% (not including dividends). So that should have shareholders smiling. Zooming out, the stock is actually down 9.8% in the last three years.
Let's take a look at the underlying fundamentals over the longer term, and see if they've been consistent with shareholders returns.
See our latest analysis for Frequency Electronics
To paraphrase Benjamin Graham: Over the short term the market is a voting machine, but over the long term it's a weighing machine. One imperfect but simple way to consider how the market perception of a company has shifted is to compare the change in the earnings per share (EPS) with the share price movement.
Frequency Electronics went from making a loss to reporting a profit, in the last year.
The result looks like a strong improvement to us, so we're not surprised the market likes the growth. Inflection points like this can be a great time to take a closer look at a company.
You can see below how EPS has changed over time (discover the exact values by clicking on the image).
This free interactive report on Frequency Electronics' earnings, revenue and cash flow is a great place to start, if you want to investigate the stock further.
A Different Perspective
It's good to see that Frequency Electronics has rewarded shareholders with a total shareholder return of 40% in the last twelve months. There's no doubt those recent returns are much better than the TSR loss of 2% per year over five years. This makes us a little wary, but the business might have turned around its fortunes. It's always interesting to track share price performance over the longer term. But to understand Frequency Electronics better, we need to consider many other factors. For instance, we've identified 1 warning sign for Frequency Electronics that you should be aware of.
But note: Frequency Electronics 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 American exchanges.
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