It's easy to feel disappointed if you buy a stock that goes down. But sometimes a share price fall can have more to do with market conditions than the performance of the specific business. The Energy Vault Holdings, Inc. (NYSE:NRGV) share price is down 15% in the last year. But that actually beats the market decline of 20%. Energy Vault Holdings may have better days ahead, of course; we've only looked at a one year period. The share price has dropped 48% in three months.

With the stock having lost 12% in the past week, it's worth taking a look at business performance and seeing if there's any red flags.

See our latest analysis for Energy Vault Holdings

Given that Energy Vault Holdings didn't make a profit in the last twelve months, we'll focus on revenue growth to form a quick view of its business development. When a company doesn't make profits, we'd generally expect to see good revenue growth. As you can imagine, fast revenue growth, when maintained, often leads to fast profit growth.

You can see below how earnings and revenue have changed over time (discover the exact values by clicking on the image).

You can see how its balance sheet has strengthened (or weakened) over time in this free interactive graphic.

A Different Perspective

It's not great that Energy Vault Holdings shares failed to make money for shareholders in the last year, but the silver lining is that the loss of 15%, wasn't as bad as the broader market loss of about 20%. However, the problem arose in the last three months, which saw the share price drop 48%. The recent drop implies that investors are increasingly averse to the stock -- quite possibly due to a deterioration of the business. In times of uncertainty we usually try to focus on the long term fundamental business metrics. 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 2 warning signs for Energy Vault Holdings (1 is a bit unpleasant!) 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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