The Keurig Dr Pepper (NYSE:KDP) Share Price Is Up 11% And Shareholders Are Holding On
We believe investing is smart because history shows that stock markets go higher in the long term. But if you choose that path, you're going to buy some stocks that fall short of the market. For example, the Keurig Dr Pepper Inc. (NYSE:KDP), share price is up over the last year, but its gain of 11% trails the market return. Note that businesses generally develop over the long term, so the returns over the last year might not reflect a long term trend.
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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 imperfect but simple way to consider how the market perception of a company has shifted is to compare the change in the earnings per share (EPS) with the share price movement.
Keurig Dr Pepper was able to grow EPS by 20% in the last twelve months. This EPS growth is significantly higher than the 11% increase in the share price. Therefore, it seems the market isn't as excited about Keurig Dr Pepper as it was before. This could be an opportunity.
The company's earnings per share (over time) is depicted in the image below (click to see the exact numbers).
It's good to see that there was some significant insider buying in the last three months. That's a positive. That said, we think earnings and revenue growth trends are even more important factors to consider. Before buying or selling a stock, we always recommend a close examination of historic growth trends, available here..
What About Dividends?
When looking at investment returns, it is important to consider the difference between total shareholder return (TSR) and share price return. 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. So for companies that pay a generous dividend, the TSR is often a lot higher than the share price return. In the case of Keurig Dr Pepper, it has a TSR of 13% for the last year. That exceeds its share price return that we previously mentioned. And there's no prize for guessing that the dividend payments largely explain the divergence!
A Different Perspective
We're happy to report that Keurig Dr Pepper are up 13% over the year (even including dividends). While it's always nice to make a profit on the stock market, we do note that the TSR was no better than the broader market return of about 24%. The stock trailed the market by 9.4% in that time, testament to the power of passive investing. It might be that investors are more concerned about the business lately due to some fundamental change (or else the share price simply got ahead of itself, previously). It's always interesting to track share price performance over the longer term. But to understand Keurig Dr Pepper better, we need to consider many other factors. Even so, be aware that Keurig Dr Pepper is showing 3 warning signs in our investment analysis , and 1 of those is concerning...
Keurig Dr Pepper is not the only stock that insiders are buying. For those who like to find winning investments this free list of growing companies with recent insider purchasing, could be just the ticket.
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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