Easy Come, Easy Go: How Superior Drilling Products (NYSEMKT:SDPI) Shareholders Got Unlucky And Saw 84% Of Their Cash Evaporate
Long term investing is the way to go, but that doesn't mean you should hold every stock forever. It hits us in the gut when we see fellow investors suffer a loss. Imagine if you held Superior Drilling Products, Inc. (NYSEMKT:SDPI) for half a decade as the share price tanked 84%. We also note that the stock has performed poorly over the last year, with the share price down 49%. It's down 1.1% in the last seven days.
While a drop like that is definitely a body blow, money isn't as important as health and happiness.
See our latest analysis for Superior Drilling Products
Superior Drilling Products isn't a profitable company, so it is unlikely we'll see a strong correlation between its share price and its earnings per share (EPS). Arguably revenue is our next best option. 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.
Over five years, Superior Drilling Products grew its revenue at 2.8% per year. That's not a very high growth rate considering it doesn't make profits. It's not so sure that share price crash of 31% per year is completely deserved, but the market is doubtless disappointed. We'd be pretty cautious about this one, although the sell-off may be too severe. We'd recommend focussing any further research on the likelihood of profitability in the foreseeable future, given the muted revenue growth.
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
Investors in Superior Drilling Products had a tough year, with a total loss of 49%, against a market gain of about 16%. 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. Regrettably, last year's performance caps off a bad run, with the shareholders facing a total loss of 31% per year over five years. We realise that Buffett has said investors should 'buy when there is blood on the streets', but we caution that investors should first be sure they are buying a high quality businesses. Most investors take the time to check the data on insider transactions. You can click here to see if insiders have been buying or selling.
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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 US exchanges.
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