Yahoo Finance Even after rising 8.2% this past week, Beam Therapeutics (NASDAQ:BEAM) shareholders are still down 40% over the past year
Beam Therapeutics Inc. (NASDAQ:BEAM) shareholders will doubtless be very grateful to see the share price up 78% in the last quarter. But that is minimal compensation for the share price under-performance over the last year. In fact the stock is down 40% in the last year, well below the market return.
While the stock has risen 8.2% in the past week but long term shareholders are still in the red, let's see what the fundamentals can tell us.
See our latest analysis for Beam Therapeutics
Because Beam Therapeutics made a loss in the last twelve months, we think the market is probably more focussed on revenue and revenue growth, at least for now. Shareholders of unprofitable companies usually expect strong revenue growth. As you can imagine, fast revenue growth, when maintained, often leads to fast profit growth.
In the last twelve months, Beam Therapeutics increased its revenue by 251,025%. That's well above most other pre-profit companies. The share price drop of 40% over twelve months would be considered disappointing by many, so you might argue the company is getting little credit for its impressive revenue growth. Prima facie, revenue growth like that should be a good thing, so it's worth checking whether losses have stabilized. Our brains have evolved to think in linear fashion, so there's value in learning to recognize exponential growth. We are, in some ways, simply the wisest of the monkeys.
You can see how earnings and revenue have changed over time in the image below (click on the chart to see the exact values).
Beam Therapeutics is a well known stock, with plenty of analyst coverage, suggesting some visibility into future growth. Given we have quite a good number of analyst forecasts, it might be well worth checking out this free chart depicting consensus estimates.
A Different Perspective
We doubt Beam Therapeutics shareholders are happy with the loss of 40% over twelve months. That falls short of the market, which lost 12%. That's disappointing, but it's worth keeping in mind that the market-wide selling wouldn't have helped. Putting aside the last twelve months, it's good to see the share price has rebounded by 78%, in the last ninety days. Let's just hope this isn't the widely-feared 'dead cat bounce' (which would indicate further declines to come). It's always interesting to track share price performance over the longer term. But to understand Beam Therapeutics better, we need to consider many other factors. Like risks, for instance. Every company has them, and we've spotted 4 warning signs for Beam Therapeutics (of which 1 is a bit unpleasant!) you should know about.
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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 US exchanges.
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