Addvalue Technologies' (SGX:A31) one-year earnings growth trails the 355% YoY shareholder returns

Active investing isn't easy, but for those that do it, the aim is to find the best companies to buy, and to profit handsomely. When you find (and hold) a big winner, you can markedly improve your finances. For example, the Addvalue Technologies Ltd (SGX:A31) share price is up a whopping 355% in the last 1 year, a handsome return in a single year. Also pleasing for shareholders was the 85% gain in the last three months. Looking back further, the stock price is 317% higher than it was three years ago.

After a strong gain in the past week, it's worth seeing if longer term returns have been driven by improving fundamentals.

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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. By comparing earnings per share (EPS) and share price changes over time, we can get a feel for how investor attitudes to a company have morphed over time.

During the last year Addvalue Technologies grew its earnings per share (EPS) by 297%. We note that the earnings per share growth isn't far from the share price growth (of 355%). That suggests that the market sentiment around the company hasn't changed much over that time. It makes intuitive sense that the share price and EPS would grow at similar rates.

You can see how EPS has changed over time in the image below (click on the chart to see the exact values).

This free interactive report on Addvalue Technologies' earnings, revenue and cash flow is a great place to start, if you want to investigate the stock further.

A Different Perspective

We're pleased to report that Addvalue Technologies shareholders have received a total shareholder return of 355% over one year. Since the one-year TSR is better than the five-year TSR (the latter coming in at 16% per year), it would seem that the stock's performance has improved in recent times. In the best case scenario, this may hint at some real business momentum, implying that now could be a great time to delve deeper. It's always interesting to track share price performance over the longer term. But to understand Addvalue Technologies better, we need to consider many other factors. For instance, we've identified 3 warning signs for Addvalue Technologies that you should be aware of.

We will like Addvalue Technologies better if we see some big insider buys. While we wait, check out this free list of undervalued stocks (mostly small caps) with considerable, recent, insider buying.

Please note, the market returns quoted in this article reflect the market weighted average returns of stocks that currently trade on Singaporean exchanges.

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