If You Had Bought HelloFresh (ETR:HFG) Stock A Year Ago, You Could Pocket A 151% Gain Today
When you buy shares in a company, there is always a risk that the price drops to zero. But when you pick a company that is really flourishing, you can make more than 100%. For example, the HelloFresh SE (ETR:HFG) share price had more than doubled in just one year - up 151%. It's also good to see the share price up 20% over the last quarter. This could be related to the recent financial results, released recently - you can catch up on the most recent data by reading our company report. HelloFresh hasn't been listed for long, so it's still not clear if it is a long term winner.
Check out our latest analysis for HelloFresh
HelloFresh isn't currently profitable, so most analysts would look to revenue growth to get an idea of how fast the underlying business is growing. Generally speaking, companies without profits are expected to grow revenue every year, and at a good clip. That's because fast revenue growth can be easily extrapolated to forecast profits, often of considerable size.
In the last year HelloFresh saw its revenue grow by 41%. We respect that sort of growth, no doubt. The revenue growth is decent but the share price had an even better year, gaining 151%. If the profitability is on the horizon then now could be a very exciting time to be a shareholder. Of course, we are always cautious about succumbing to 'fear of missing out' when a stock has shot up strongly.
The graphic below depicts how earnings and revenue have changed over time (unveil the exact values by clicking on the image).
Balance sheet strength is crucial. It might be well worthwhile taking a look at our free report on how its financial position has changed over time.
A Different Perspective
HelloFresh shareholders should be happy with the total gain of 151% over the last twelve months. That's better than the more recent three month gain of 20%, implying that share price has plateaued recently. It seems likely the market is waiting on fundamental developments with the business before pushing the share price higher (or lower). Shareholders might want to examine this detailed historical graph of past earnings, revenue and cash flow.
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