Did You Manage To Avoid Prospero Silver's (CVE:PSL) Painful 67% Share Price Drop?
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Statistically speaking, long term investing is a profitable endeavour. But no-one is immune from buying too high. For example the Prospero Silver Corp. (CVE:PSL) share price dropped 67% over five years. That's not a lot of fun for true believers. And we doubt long term believers are the only worried holders, since the stock price has declined 40% over the last twelve months. Shareholders have had an even rougher run lately, with the share price down 17% in the last 90 days.
See our latest analysis for Prospero Silver
Prospero Silver hasn't yet reported any revenue, so it's as much a business idea as an actual business. You have to wonder why venture capitalists aren't funding it. So it seems that the investors focused more on what could be, than paying attention to the current revenues (or lack thereof). For example, investors may be hoping that Prospero Silver finds some valuable resources, before it runs out of money.
Companies that lack both meaningful revenue and profits are usually considered high risk. There is almost always a chance they will need to raise more capital, and their progress - and share price - will dictate how dilutive that is to current holders. While some such companies go on to make revenue, profits, and generate value, others get hyped up by hopeful naifs before eventually going bankrupt. Some Prospero Silver investors have already had a taste of the bitterness stocks like this can leave in the mouth.
When it reported in March 2019 Prospero Silver had minimal cash in excess of all liabilities consider its expenditure: just CA$348k to be specific. So if it hasn't remedied the situation already, it will almost certainly have to raise more capital soon. That probably explains why the share price is down 20% per year, over 5 years. You can click on the image below to see (in greater detail) how Prospero Silver's cash levels have changed over time. You can click on the image below to see (in greater detail) how Prospero Silver's cash levels have changed over time.
Of course, the truth is that it is hard to value companies without much revenue or profit. Given that situation, would you be concerned if it turned out insiders were relentlessly selling stock? I'd like that just about as much as I like to drink milk and fruit juice mixed together. It only takes a moment for you to check whether we have identified any insider sales recently.
A Different Perspective
Prospero Silver shareholders are down 40% for the year, but the market itself is up 0.7%. However, keep in mind that even the best stocks will sometimes underperform the market over a twelve month period. Unfortunately, last year's performance may indicate unresolved challenges, given that it was worse than the annualised loss of 20% over the last half decade. Generally speaking long term share price weakness can be a bad sign, though contrarian investors might want to research the stock in hope of a turnaround. You might want to assess this data-rich visualization of its earnings, revenue and cash flow.
If you like to buy stocks alongside management, then you might just love this free list of companies. (Hint: insiders have been buying them).
Please note, the market returns quoted in this article reflect the market weighted average returns of stocks that currently trade on CA exchanges.
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