Yahoo Finance Liquidia (NASDAQ:LQDA) Share Prices Have Dropped 60% In The Last Year
The nature of investing is that you win some, and you lose some. Anyone who held Liquidia Corporation (NASDAQ:LQDA) over the last year knows what a loser feels like. The share price is down a hefty 60% in that time. Liquidia may have better days ahead, of course; we've only looked at a one year period. It's up 2.7% in the last seven days.
See our latest analysis for Liquidia
Liquidia wasn't profitable in the last twelve months, it is unlikely we'll see a strong correlation between its share price and its earnings per share (EPS). Arguably revenue is our next best option. When a company doesn't make profits, we'd generally expect to see good revenue growth. 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.
Liquidia's revenue didn't grow at all in the last year. In fact, it fell 53%. That looks like a train-wreck result to investors far and wide. Arguably, the market has responded appropriately to this performance by sending the share price down 60% in the same time period. Buying shares in companies that lose money, shrink revenue, and see share price declines is unpopular with investors, but popular with speculators (apparently). So we'll be looking for strong improvements on the numbers before getting excited.
The graphic below depicts how earnings and revenue have changed over time (unveil the exact values by clicking on the image).
It's good to see that there was some significant insider buying in the last three months. That's a positive. That said, we think earnings and revenue growth trends are even more important factors to consider. This free report showing analyst forecasts should help you form a view on Liquidia
A Different Perspective
While Liquidia shareholders are down 60% for the year, the market itself is up 44%. While the aim is to do better than that, it's worth recalling that even great long-term investments sometimes underperform for a year or more. Putting aside the last twelve months, it's good to see the share price has rebounded by 1.5%, in the last ninety days. This could just be a bounce because the selling was too aggressive, but fingers crossed it's the start of a new trend. While it is well worth considering the different impacts that market conditions can have on the share price, there are other factors that are even more important. Even so, be aware that Liquidia is showing 3 warning signs in our investment analysis , you should know about...
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Please note, the market returns quoted in this article reflect the market weighted average returns of stocks that currently trade on US exchanges.
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