If You Had Bought Healthpeak Properties (NYSE:PEAK) Stock Five Years Ago, You'd Be Sitting On A 26% Loss, Today
In order to justify the effort of selecting individual stocks, it's worth striving to beat the returns from a market index fund. But the main game is to find enough winners to more than offset the losers So we wouldn't blame long term Healthpeak Properties, Inc. (NYSE:PEAK) shareholders for doubting their decision to hold, with the stock down 26% over a half decade. Unhappily, the share price slid 3.9% in the last week.
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In his essay The Superinvestors of Graham-and-Doddsville Warren Buffett described how share prices do not always rationally reflect the value of a business. 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.
Looking back five years, both Healthpeak Properties's share price and EPS declined; the latter at a rate of 3.1% per year. Readers should note that the share price has fallen faster than the EPS, at a rate of 5.9% per year, over the period. This implies that the market is more cautious about the business these days.
You can see below how EPS has changed over time (discover the exact values by clicking on the image).
We know that Healthpeak Properties has improved its bottom line lately, but is it going to grow revenue? Check if analysts think Healthpeak Properties will grow revenue in the future.
What About Dividends?
It is important to consider the total shareholder return, as well as the share price return, for any given stock. The TSR is a return calculation that accounts for the value of cash dividends (assuming that any dividend received was reinvested) and the calculated value of any discounted capital raisings and spin-offs. Arguably, the TSR gives a more comprehensive picture of the return generated by a stock. In the case of Healthpeak Properties, it has a TSR of 6.7% for the last 5 years. That exceeds its share price return that we previously mentioned. This is largely a result of its dividend payments!
A Different Perspective
Healthpeak Properties's TSR for the year was broadly in line with the market average, at 20%. Most would be happy with a gain, and it helps that the year's return is actually better than the average return over five years, which was 1.3%. Even if the share price growth slows down from here, there's a good chance that this is business worth watching in the long term. 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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