Sosandar (LON:SOS) shareholder returns have been solid, earning 114% in 1 year

Unless you borrow money to invest, the potential losses are limited. But if you pick the right business to buy shares in, you can make more than you can lose. Take, for example Sosandar Plc (LON:SOS). Its share price is already up an impressive 114% in the last twelve months. And in the last week the share price has popped 26%. Unfortunately the longer term returns are not so good, with the stock falling 8.1% in the last three years.

Since the stock has added UK£15m to its market cap in the past week alone, let's see if underlying performance has been driving long-term returns.

View our latest analysis for Sosandar

Sosandar isn't currently profitable, so most analysts would look to revenue growth to get an idea of how fast the underlying business is growing. 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.

In the last year Sosandar saw its revenue grow by 35%. We respect that sort of growth, no doubt. While that revenue growth is pretty good the share price performance outshone it, with a lift of 114% as mentioned above. Given that the business has made good progress on the top line, it would be worth taking a look at its path to profitability. But investors need to be wary of how the 'fear of missing out' could influence them to buy without doing thorough research.

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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We're pleased to report that the CEO is remunerated more modestly than most CEOs at similarly capitalized companies. But while CEO remuneration is always worth checking, the really important question is whether the company can grow earnings going forward. You can see what analysts are predicting for Sosandar in this interactive graph of future profit estimates.

A Different Perspective

We're pleased to report that Sosandar rewarded shareholders with a total shareholder return of 114% over the last year. This recent result is much better than the 2.6% drop suffered by shareholders each year (on average) over the last three. It could well be that the business has turned around -- or else regained the confidence of investors. 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. Take risks, for example - Sosandar has 3 warning signs (and 1 which is concerning) we think you should know about.

But note: Sosandar 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 GB exchanges.

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