The five-year decline in earnings might be taking its toll on DHI Group (NYSE:DHX) shareholders as stock falls 15% over the past week
The DHI Group, Inc. (NYSE:DHX) share price has had a bad week, falling 15%. But that doesn't change the fact that the returns over the last five years have been very strong. We think most investors would be happy with the 201% return, over that period. To some, the recent pullback wouldn't be surprising after such a fast rise. Of course, that doesn't necessarily mean it's cheap now.
In light of the stock dropping 15% in the past week, we want to investigate the longer term story, and see if fundamentals have been the driver of the company's positive five-year return.
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While markets are a powerful pricing mechanism, share prices reflect investor sentiment, not just underlying business performance. 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.
During five years of share price growth, DHI Group actually saw its EPS drop 26% per year.
Essentially, it doesn't seem likely that investors are focused on EPS. Because earnings per share don't seem to match up with the share price, we'll take a look at other metrics instead.
It is not great to see that revenue has dropped by 12% per year over five years. So it seems one might have to take closer look at earnings and revenue trends to see how they might influence the share price.
The image below shows how earnings and revenue have tracked over time (if you click on the image you can see greater detail).
We know that DHI Group has improved its bottom line lately, but what does the future have in store? So it makes a lot of sense to check out what analysts think DHI Group will earn in the future (free profit forecasts).
A Different Perspective
It's good to see that DHI Group has rewarded shareholders with a total shareholder return of 4.2% in the last twelve months. Having said that, the five-year TSR of 25% a year, is even better. Potential buyers might understandably feel they've missed the opportunity, but it's always possible business is still firing on all cylinders. 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 instance, we've identified 1 warning sign for DHI Group that you should be aware of.
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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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