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If you want to compound wealth in the stock market, you can do so by buying an index fund. But you can significantly boost your returns by picking above-average stocks. To wit, the Medexus Pharmaceuticals Inc. (TSE:MDP) share price is 48% higher than it was a year ago, much better than the market return of around 16% (not including dividends) in the same period. That's a solid performance by our standards! Having said that, the longer term returns aren't so impressive, with stock gaining just 22% in three years.
Since it's been a strong week for Medexus Pharmaceuticals shareholders, let's have a look at trend of the longer term fundamentals.
Check out our latest analysis for Medexus Pharmaceuticals
While the efficient markets hypothesis continues to be taught by some, it has been proven that markets are over-reactive dynamic systems, and investors are not always rational. 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).
Medexus Pharmaceuticals 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).
Unfortunately Medexus Pharmaceuticals' fell 12% over twelve months. So the fundamental metrics don't provide an obvious explanation for the share price gain.
You can see below how earnings and revenue have changed over time (discover the exact values by clicking on the image).
We know that Medexus Pharmaceuticals has improved its bottom line over the last three years, but what does the future have in store? This free interactive report on Medexus Pharmaceuticals' balance sheet strength is a great place to start, if you want to investigate the stock further.
A Different Perspective
We're pleased to report that Medexus Pharmaceuticals shareholders have received a total shareholder return of 48% over one year. That certainly beats the loss of about 3% per year over the last half decade. The long term loss makes us cautious, but the short term TSR gain certainly hints at a brighter future. While it is well worth considering the different impacts that market conditions can have on the share price, there are other factors that are even more important. Even so, be aware that Medexus Pharmaceuticals is showing 4 warning signs in our investment analysis , and 1 of those is potentially serious...