Yahoo Finance How Much Did Minto Apartment Real Estate Investment Trust's(TSE:MI.UN) Shareholders Earn From Share Price Movements Over The Last Year?
It's nice to see the Minto Apartment Real Estate Investment Trust (TSE:MI.UN) share price up 10% in a week. But that doesn't change the reality of under-performance over the last twelve months. In fact, the price has declined 18% in a year, falling short of the returns you could get by investing in an index fund.
See our latest analysis for Minto Apartment Real Estate Investment Trust
While the efficient markets hypothesis continues to be taught by some, it has been proven that markets are over-reactive dynamic systems, and investors are not always rational. 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.
Unhappily, Minto Apartment Real Estate Investment Trust had to report a 23% decline in EPS over the last year. The share price fall of 18% isn't as bad as the reduction in earnings per share. It may have been that the weak EPS was not as bad as some had feared.
The company's earnings per share (over time) is depicted in the image below (click to see the exact numbers).
It's probably worth noting we've seen significant insider buying in the last quarter, which we consider a positive. On the other hand, we think the revenue and earnings trends are much more meaningful measures of the business. This free interactive report on Minto Apartment Real Estate Investment Trust's earnings, revenue and cash flow is a great place to start, if you want to investigate the stock further.
A Different Perspective
While Minto Apartment Real Estate Investment Trust shareholders are down 16% for the year (even including dividends), the market itself is up 0.3%. However, keep in mind that even the best stocks will sometimes underperform the market over a twelve month period. Putting aside the last twelve months, it's good to see the share price has rebounded by 2.3%, in the last ninety days. Let's just hope this isn't the widely-feared 'dead cat bounce' (which would indicate further declines to come). 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 example, we've discovered 3 warning signs for Minto Apartment Real Estate Investment Trust (1 shouldn't be ignored!) that you should be aware of before investing here.
Minto Apartment Real Estate Investment Trust is not the only stock that insiders are buying. For those who like to find winning investments this free list of growing companies with recent insider purchasing, could be just the ticket.
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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