Shareholders in ThredUp (NASDAQ:TDUP) are in the red if they invested a year ago

The nature of investing is that you win some, and you lose some. Unfortunately, shareholders of ThredUp Inc. (NASDAQ:TDUP) have suffered share price declines over the last year. The share price has slid 58% in that time. ThredUp may have better days ahead, of course; we've only looked at a one year period. More recently, the share price has dropped a further 9.7% in a month. But this could be related to poor market conditions -- stocks are down 7.5% in the same time.

Now let's have a look at the company's fundamentals, and see if the long term shareholder return has matched the performance of the underlying business.

View our latest analysis for ThredUp

Because ThredUp 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. Some companies are willing to postpone profitability to grow revenue faster, but in that case one does expect good top-line growth.

ThredUp grew its revenue by 35% over the last year. That's definitely a respectable growth rate. Unfortunately it seems investors wanted more, because the share price is down 58% in that time. It is of course possible that the business will still deliver strong growth, it will just take longer than expected to do it. To our minds it isn't enough to just look at revenue, anyway. Always consider when profits will flow.

The image below shows how earnings and revenue have tracked over time (if you click on the image you can see greater detail).

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We're pleased to report that the CEO is remunerated more modestly than most CEOs at similarly capitalized companies. But while CEO remuneration is always worth checking, the really important question is whether the company can grow earnings going forward. So we recommend checking out this free report showing consensus forecasts

A Different Perspective

ThredUp shareholders are down 58% for the year, even worse than the market loss of 2.8%. That's disappointing, but it's worth keeping in mind that the market-wide selling wouldn't have helped. The share price decline has continued throughout the most recent three months, down 8.3%, suggesting an absence of enthusiasm from investors. Given the relatively short history of this stock, we'd remain pretty wary until we see some strong business performance. It's always interesting to track share price performance over the longer term. But to understand ThredUp better, we need to consider many other factors. To that end, you should be aware of the 3 warning signs we've spotted with ThredUp .

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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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