Can You Imagine How Deutsche Pfandbriefbank's (ETR:PBB) Shareholders Feel About The 30% Share Price Increase?
By buying an index fund, you can roughly match the market return with ease. But if you buy good businesses at attractive prices, your portfolio returns could exceed the average market return. For example, the Deutsche Pfandbriefbank AG (ETR:PBB) share price is up 30% in the last three years, clearly besting the market return of around 8.0% (not including dividends). However, more recent returns haven't been as impressive as that, with the stock returning just 10% in the last year , including dividends .
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To quote Buffett, 'Ships will sail around the world but the Flat Earth Society will flourish. There will continue to be wide discrepancies between price and value in the marketplace...' 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 the three years of share price growth, Deutsche Pfandbriefbank actually saw its earnings per share (EPS) drop 8.4% per year.
So we doubt that the market is looking to EPS for its main judge of the company's value. Therefore, we think it's worth considering other metrics as well.
Interestingly, the dividend has increased over time; so that may have given the share price a boost. It could be that the company is reaching maturity and dividend investors are buying for the yield. On top of that, revenue grew at a rate of 4.8% per year, and it's likely investors interpret that as pointing to a brighter future.
The image below shows how earnings and revenue have tracked over time (if you click on the image you can see greater detail).
Take a more thorough look at Deutsche Pfandbriefbank's financial health with this free report on its balance sheet.
What About Dividends?
It is important to consider the total shareholder return, as well as the share price return, for any given stock. Whereas the share price return only reflects the change in the share price, the TSR includes the value of dividends (assuming they were reinvested) and the benefit of any discounted capital raising or spin-off. So for companies that pay a generous dividend, the TSR is often a lot higher than the share price return. We note that for Deutsche Pfandbriefbank the TSR over the last 3 years was 68%, which is better than the share price return mentioned above. The dividends paid by the company have thusly boosted the total shareholder return.
A Different Perspective
Pleasingly, Deutsche Pfandbriefbank's total shareholder return last year was 10%. And yes, that does include the dividend. The TSR has been even better over three years, coming in at 19% per year. Keeping this in mind, a solid next step might be to take a look at Deutsche Pfandbriefbank's dividend track record. This free interactive graph is a great place to start.
But note: Deutsche Pfandbriefbank 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 DE exchanges.
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