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    Moment Group (STO:MOMENT) shareholders are up 20% this past week, but still in the red over the last five years

    Simply Wall St·01/02/2026 05:10:18
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    This week we saw the Moment Group AB (STO:MOMENT) share price climb by 20%. But that doesn't change the fact that the returns over the last five years have been less than pleasing. In fact, the share price is down 86%, which falls well short of the return you could get by buying an index fund. We really hope anyone holding through that price crash has a diversified portfolio. Even when you lose money, you don't have to lose the lesson.

    While the last five years has been tough for Moment Group shareholders, this past week has shown signs of promise. So let's look at the longer term fundamentals and see if they've been the driver of the negative returns.

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    Moment Group 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. As you can imagine, fast revenue growth, when maintained, often leads to fast profit growth.

    In the last half decade, Moment Group saw its revenue increase by 25% per year. That's better than most loss-making companies. So on the face of it we're really surprised to see the share price has averaged a fall of 13% each year, in the same time period. It could be that the stock was over-hyped before. While there might be an opportunity here, you'd want to take a close look at the balance sheet strength.

    You can see how earnings and revenue have changed over time in the image below (click on the chart to see the exact values).

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    OM:MOMENT Earnings and Revenue Growth January 2nd 2026

    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.

    What About The Total Shareholder Return (TSR)?

    We'd be remiss not to mention the difference between Moment Group's total shareholder return (TSR) and its share price return. Arguably the TSR is a more complete return calculation because it accounts for the value of dividends (as if they were reinvested), along with the hypothetical value of any discounted capital that have been offered to shareholders. Its history of dividend payouts mean that Moment Group's TSR, which was a 4.4% drop over the last 5 years, was not as bad as the share price return.

    A Different Perspective

    Moment Group shareholders are down 35% for the year, but the market itself is up 10%. However, keep in mind that even the best stocks will sometimes underperform the market over a twelve month period. Unfortunately, last year's performance may indicate unresolved challenges, given that it was worse than the annualised loss of 0.9% over the last half decade. Generally speaking long term share price weakness can be a bad sign, though contrarian investors might want to research the stock in hope of a turnaround. 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. To that end, you should learn about the 3 warning signs we've spotted with Moment Group (including 2 which shouldn't be ignored) .

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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 Swedish exchanges.