Time Out Group (LON:TMO) investors are sitting on a loss of 64% if they invested five years ago
Generally speaking long term investing is the way to go. But along the way some stocks are going to perform badly. Zooming in on an example, the Time Out Group plc (LON:TMO) share price dropped 64% in the last half decade. That's not a lot of fun for true believers. Shareholders have had an even rougher run lately, with the share price down 17% in the last 90 days.
So let's have a look and see if the longer term performance of the company has been in line with the underlying business' progress.
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Time Out Group isn't currently profitable, so most analysts would look to revenue growth to get an idea of how fast the underlying business is growing. Generally speaking, companies without profits are expected to grow revenue every year, and at a good clip. 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 half decade, Time Out Group saw its revenue increase by 13% per year. That's a fairly respectable growth rate. The share price, meanwhile, has fallen 10% compounded, over five years. It seems probably that the business has failed to live up to initial expectations. That could lead to an opportunity if the company is going to become profitable sooner rather than later.
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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A Different Perspective
It's good to see that Time Out Group has rewarded shareholders with a total shareholder return of 21% in the last twelve months. Notably the five-year annualised TSR loss of 10% per year compares very unfavourably with the recent share price performance. The long term loss makes us cautious, but the short term TSR gain certainly hints at a brighter future. 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. For example, we've discovered 3 warning signs for Time Out Group (2 are potentially serious!) that you should be aware of before investing here.
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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 GB exchanges.
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