Some China Yurun Food Group (HKG:1068) Shareholders Have Copped A Big 67% Share Price Drop
We think intelligent long term investing is the way to go. But that doesn't mean long term investors can avoid big losses. To wit, the China Yurun Food Group Limited (HKG:1068) share price managed to fall 67% over five long years. That's an unpleasant experience for long term holders. It's down 6.4% in the last seven days.
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View our latest analysis for China Yurun Food Group
Because China Yurun Food Group is loss-making, we think the market is probably more focussed on revenue and revenue growth, at least for now. When a company doesn't make profits, we'd generally expect to see good revenue growth. Some companies are willing to postpone profitability to grow revenue faster, but in that case one does expect good top-line growth.
Over half a decade China Yurun Food Group reduced its trailing twelve month revenue by 12% for each year. That's definitely a weaker result than most pre-profit companies report. Arguably, the market has responded appropriately to this business performance by sending the share price down 20% (annualized) in the same time period. It's fair to say most investors don't like to invest in loss making companies with falling revenue. You'd want to research this company pretty thoroughly before buying, it looks a bit too risky for us.
The graphic below shows how revenue and earnings have changed as management guided the business forward. If you want to see cashflow, you can click on the chart.
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A Different Perspective
It's good to see that China Yurun Food Group has rewarded shareholders with a total shareholder return of 1.7% in the last twelve months. There's no doubt those recent returns are much better than the TSR loss of 20% per year over five years. This makes us a little wary, but the business might have turned around its fortunes. You might want to assess this data-rich visualization of its earnings, revenue and cash flow.
Of course, you might find a fantastic investment by looking elsewhere. So take a peek at this free list of companies we expect will grow earnings.
Please note, the market returns quoted in this article reflect the market weighted average returns of stocks that currently trade on HK exchanges.
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