Yahoo Finance Fugro (AMS:FUR) grows 5.1% this week, taking one-year gains to 130%
Unless you borrow money to invest, the potential losses are limited. But when you pick a company that is really flourishing, you can make more than 100%. For example, the Fugro N.V. (AMS:FUR) share price had more than doubled in just one year - up 130%. On top of that, the share price is up 16% in about a quarter. We'll need to follow Fugro for a while to get a better sense of its share price trend, since it hasn't been listed for particularly long.
Since the stock has added €81m to its market cap in the past week alone, let's see if underlying performance has been driving long-term returns.
View our latest analysis for Fugro
There is no denying that markets are sometimes efficient, but prices do not always reflect underlying business performance. 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).
Fugro went from making a loss to reporting a profit, in the last year.
When a company is just on the edge of profitability it can be well worth considering other metrics in order to more precisely gauge growth (and therefore understand share price movements).
We think that the revenue growth of 20% could have some investors interested. Many businesses do go through a phase where they have to forgo some profits to drive business development, and sometimes its for the best.
You can see below how earnings and revenue have changed over time (discover the exact values by clicking on the image).
We consider it positive that insiders have made significant purchases in the last year. Even so, future earnings will be far more important to whether current shareholders make money. So it makes a lot of sense to check out what analysts think Fugro will earn in the future (free profit forecasts).
A Different Perspective
Fugro shareholders should be happy with the total gain of 130% over the last twelve months. That's better than the more recent three month gain of 16%, implying that share price has plateaued recently. It seems likely the market is waiting on fundamental developments with the business before pushing the share price higher (or lower). I find it very interesting to look at share price over the long term as a proxy for business performance. But to truly gain insight, we need to consider other information, too. For example, we've discovered 1 warning sign for Fugro that you should be aware of before investing here.
There are plenty of other companies that have insiders buying up shares. You probably do not want to miss this free list of growing companies that insiders are buying.
Please note, the market returns quoted in this article reflect the market weighted average returns of stocks that currently trade on NL exchanges.
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