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The Siltronic (ETR:WAF) Share Price Has Gained 75% And Shareholders Are Hoping For More

By buying an index fund, you can roughly match the market return with ease. But if you buy good businesses at attractive prices, your portfolio returns could exceed the average market return. Just take a look at Siltronic AG (ETR:WAF), which is up 75%, over three years, soundly beating the market return of 4.2% (not including dividends). However, more recent returns haven't been as impressive as that, with the stock returning just 12% in the last year , including dividends .

Check out our latest analysis for Siltronic

There is no denying that markets are sometimes efficient, but prices do not always reflect underlying business performance. 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.

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Siltronic became profitable within the last three years. That would generally be considered a positive, so we'd expect the share price to be up.

The company's earnings per share (over time) is depicted in the image below (click to see the exact numbers).

XTRA:WAF Past and Future Earnings, January 24th 2020
XTRA:WAF Past and Future Earnings, January 24th 2020

It is of course excellent to see how Siltronic has grown profits over the years, but the future is more important for shareholders. Take a more thorough look at Siltronic's financial health with this free report on its balance sheet.

What About Dividends?

As well as measuring the share price return, investors should also consider the total shareholder return (TSR). The TSR is a return calculation that accounts for the value of cash dividends (assuming that any dividend received was reinvested) and the calculated value of any discounted capital raisings and spin-offs. So for companies that pay a generous dividend, the TSR is often a lot higher than the share price return. In the case of Siltronic, it has a TSR of 89% for the last 3 years. That exceeds its share price return that we previously mentioned. This is largely a result of its dividend payments!

A Different Perspective

Siltronic shareholders are up 12% for the year (even including dividends) . It's always nice to make money but this return falls short of the market return which was about 18% for the year. At least the longer term returns (running at about 24% a year, are better. Even the best companies don't see strong share price performance every year. It's always interesting to track share price performance over the longer term. But to understand Siltronic better, we need to consider many other factors. To that end, you should learn about the 3 warning signs we've spotted with Siltronic (including 2 which is are a bit concerning) .

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 DE exchanges.

If you spot an error that warrants correction, please contact the editor at editorial-team@simplywallst.com. This article by Simply Wall St is general in nature. It does not constitute a recommendation to buy or sell any stock, and does not take account of your objectives, or your financial situation. Simply Wall St has no position in the stocks mentioned.

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