Yahoo Finance SPS Commerce (NASDAQ:SPSC) stock performs better than its underlying earnings growth over last five years
The most you can lose on any stock (assuming you don't use leverage) is 100% of your money. But on the bright side, you can make far more than 100% on a really good stock. One great example is SPS Commerce, Inc. (NASDAQ:SPSC) which saw its share price drive 262% higher over five years. And in the last week the share price has popped 3.3%.
After a strong gain in the past week, it's worth seeing if longer term returns have been driven by improving fundamentals.
View our latest analysis for SPS Commerce
In his essay The Superinvestors of Graham-and-Doddsville Warren Buffett described how share prices do not always rationally reflect the value of a business. One flawed but reasonable way to assess how sentiment around a company has changed is to compare the earnings per share (EPS) with the share price.
During five years of share price growth, SPS Commerce achieved compound earnings per share (EPS) growth of 18% per year. This EPS growth is lower than the 29% average annual increase in the share price. So it's fair to assume the market has a higher opinion of the business than it did five years ago. That's not necessarily surprising considering the five-year track record of earnings growth. This favorable sentiment is reflected in its (fairly optimistic) P/E ratio of 101.50.
The company's earnings per share (over time) is depicted in the image below (click to see the exact numbers).
We know that SPS Commerce has improved its bottom line lately, but is it going to grow revenue? Check if analysts think SPS Commerce will grow revenue in the future.
A Different Perspective
Investors in SPS Commerce had a tough year, with a total loss of 0.8%, against a market gain of about 25%. Even the share prices of good stocks drop sometimes, but we want to see improvements in the fundamental metrics of a business, before getting too interested. Longer term investors wouldn't be so upset, since they would have made 29%, each year, over five years. It could be that the recent sell-off is an opportunity, so it may be worth checking the fundamental data for signs of a long term growth trend. Before spending more time on SPS Commerce it might be wise to click here to see if insiders have been buying or selling shares.
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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 American exchanges.
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