Yahoo Finance Did You Miss adidas's (ETR:ADS) Whopping 389% Share Price Gain?
Buying shares in the best businesses can build meaningful wealth for you and your family. While the best companies are hard to find, but they can generate massive returns over long periods. Just think about the savvy investors who held adidas AG (ETR:ADS) shares for the last five years, while they gained 389%. This just goes to show the value creation that some businesses can achieve. In the last week the share price is up 3.8%.
Check out our latest analysis for adidas
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 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.
Over half a decade, adidas managed to grow its earnings per share at 25% a year. This EPS growth is slower than the share price growth of 37% per year, over the same period. So it's fair to assume the market has a higher opinion of the business than it did five years ago. And that's hardly shocking given the track record of growth.
The graphic below depicts how EPS has changed over time (unveil the exact values by clicking on the image).
We know that adidas has improved its bottom line lately, but is it going to grow revenue? Check if analysts think adidas will grow revenue in the future.
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. Arguably, the TSR gives a more comprehensive picture of the return generated by a stock. We note that for adidas the TSR over the last 5 years was 426%, 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
It's nice to see that adidas shareholders have received a total shareholder return of 37% over the last year. Of course, that includes the dividend. However, the TSR over five years, coming in at 39% per year, is even more impressive. Before forming an opinion on adidas you might want to consider these 3 valuation metrics.
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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 DE exchanges.
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