Yahoo Finance Shareholders in Patria Investments (NASDAQ:PAX) are in the red if they invested a year ago
Patria Investments Limited (NASDAQ:PAX) shareholders should be happy to see the share price up 11% in the last month. It's not great that the stock is down over the last year. But it did better than its market, which fell 11%.
So let's have a look and see if the longer term performance of the company has been in line with the underlying business' progress.
Check out our latest analysis for Patria Investments
There is no denying that markets are sometimes efficient, but prices do not always reflect underlying business performance. 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.
Unhappily, Patria Investments had to report a 58% decline in EPS over the last year. This fall in the EPS is significantly worse than the 10% the share price fall. It may have been that the weak EPS was not as bad as some had feared.
The company's earnings per share (over time) is depicted in the image below (click to see the exact numbers).
Before buying or selling a stock, we always recommend a close examination of historic growth trends, available here.
What About Dividends?
When looking at investment returns, it is important to consider the difference between total shareholder return (TSR) and share price return. The TSR incorporates the value of any spin-offs or discounted capital raisings, along with any dividends, based on the assumption that the dividends are reinvested. It's fair to say that the TSR gives a more complete picture for stocks that pay a dividend. We note that for Patria Investments the TSR over the last 1 year was -6.1%, 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
Given that the broader market dropped 11% over the year, the fact that Patria Investments shareholders were down 6.1% isn't so bad. At least the recent returns have been positive, with the stock up 9.1% in around 90 days. It could be that the share price dropped so far that the business was cheap on the numbers, but the future will ultimately determine the value of the stock. 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 3 warning signs for Patria Investments (1 doesn't sit too well with us!) that you should be aware of before investing here.
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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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