Yahoo Finance Did You Manage To Avoid Avnet's (NASDAQ:AVT) 10% Share Price Drop?
As an investor its worth striving to ensure your overall portfolio beats the market average. But its virtually certain that sometimes you will buy stocks that fall short of the market average returns. We regret to report that long term Avnet, Inc. (NASDAQ:AVT) shareholders have had that experience, with the share price dropping 10% in three years, versus a market return of about 48%. Unhappily, the share price slid 3.1% in the last week.
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While the efficient markets hypothesis continues to be taught by some, it has been proven that markets are over-reactive dynamic systems, and investors are not always rational. One way to examine how market sentiment has changed over time is to look at the interaction between a company's share price and its earnings per share (EPS).
Avnet became profitable within the last five years. We would usually expect to see the share price rise as a result. So given the share price is down it's worth checking some other metrics too.
Revenue is actually up 6.7% over the three years, so the share price drop doesn't seem to hinge on revenue, either. It's probably worth investigating Avnet further; while we may be missing something on this analysis, there might also be an opportunity.
The image below shows how earnings and revenue have tracked over time (if you click on the image you can see greater detail).
We know that Avnet has improved its bottom line lately, but what does the future have in store? This free report showing analyst forecasts should help you form a view on Avnet
What About Dividends?
As well as measuring the share price return, investors should also consider the total shareholder return (TSR). 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. We note that for Avnet the TSR over the last 3 years was -5.0%, which is better than the share price return mentioned above. This is largely a result of its dividend payments!
A Different Perspective
Investors in Avnet had a tough year, with a total loss of 3.5% (including dividends) , against a market gain of about 15%. Even the share prices of good stocks drop sometimes, but we want to see improvements in the fundamental metrics of a business, before getting too interested. Longer term investors wouldn't be so upset, since they would have made 0.3%, each year, over five years. It could be that the recent sell-off is an opportunity, so it may be worth checking the fundamental data for signs of a long term growth trend. Most investors take the time to check the data on insider transactions. You can click here to see if insiders have been buying or selling.
Of course Avnet may not be the best stock to buy. So you may wish to see this free collection of growth stocks.
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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