Even after rising 30% this past week, Smart Sand (NASDAQ:SND) shareholders are still down 67% over the past five years
This month, we saw the Smart Sand, Inc. (NASDAQ:SND) up an impressive 52%. But don't envy holders -- looking back over 5 years the returns have been really bad. Indeed, the share price is down 67% in the period. So we're hesitant to put much weight behind the short term increase. However, in the best case scenario (far from fait accompli), this improved performance might be sustained.
The recent uptick of 30% could be a positive sign of things to come, so let's take a lot at historical fundamentals.
Check out our latest analysis for Smart Sand
To paraphrase Benjamin Graham: Over the short term the market is a voting machine, but over the long term it's a weighing machine. 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.
In the last half decade Smart Sand saw its share price fall as its EPS declined below zero. At present it's hard to make valid comparisons between EPS and the share price. But we would generally expect a lower price, given the situation.
You can see below how EPS has changed over time (discover the exact values by clicking on the image).
It might be well worthwhile taking a look at our free report on Smart Sand's earnings, revenue and cash flow.
A Different Perspective
It's good to see that Smart Sand has rewarded shareholders with a total shareholder return of 0.8% in the last twelve months. Notably the five-year annualised TSR loss of 11% 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. It's always interesting to track share price performance over the longer term. But to understand Smart Sand better, we need to consider many other factors. Take risks, for example - Smart Sand has 1 warning sign we think you should be aware of.
But note: Smart Sand may not be the best stock to buy. So take a peek at this free list of interesting companies with past earnings growth (and further growth forecast).
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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