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As an investor its worth striving to ensure your overall portfolio beats the market average. But the risk of stock picking is that you will likely buy under-performing companies. Unfortunately, that's been the case for longer term Custom Truck One Source, Inc. (NYSE:CTOS) shareholders, since the share price is down 44% in the last three years, falling well short of the market return of around 37%. And the ride hasn't got any smoother in recent times over the last year, with the price 32% lower in that time. Shareholders have had an even rougher run lately, with the share price down 27% in the last 90 days.
If the past week is anything to go by, investor sentiment for Custom Truck One Source isn't positive, so let's see if there's a mismatch between fundamentals and the share price.
Check out our latest analysis for Custom Truck One Source
Custom Truck One Source wasn't profitable in the last twelve months, it is unlikely we'll see a strong correlation between its share price and its earnings per share (EPS). Arguably revenue is our next best option. When a company doesn't make profits, we'd generally hope to see good revenue growth. Some companies are willing to postpone profitability to grow revenue faster, but in that case one would hope for good top-line growth to make up for the lack of earnings.
Over three years, Custom Truck One Source grew revenue at 17% per year. That's a pretty good rate of top-line growth. Shareholders have seen the share price fall at 13% per year, for three years. This implies the market had higher expectations of Custom Truck One Source. With revenue growing at a solid clip, now might be the time to focus on the possibility that it will have a brighter future.
The graphic below depicts how earnings and revenue have changed over time (unveil 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 we recommend checking out this free report showing consensus forecasts
A Different Perspective
Custom Truck One Source shareholders are down 32% for the year, but the market itself is up 16%. Even the share prices of good stocks drop sometimes, but we want to see improvements in the fundamental metrics of a business, before getting too interested. On the bright side, long term shareholders have made money, with a gain of 4% per year over half a decade. It could be that the recent sell-off is an opportunity, so it may be worth checking the fundamental data for signs of a long term growth trend. It is all well and good that insiders have been buying shares, but we suggest you check here to see what price insiders were buying at.