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Intrepid Potash, Inc. (NYSE:IPI) shareholders should be happy to see the share price up 16% in the last month. But if you look at the last five years the returns have not been good. After all, the share price is down 23% in that time, significantly under-performing the market.
The recent uptick of 10% could be a positive sign of things to come, so let's take a look at historical fundamentals.
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In his essay The Superinvestors of Graham-and-Doddsville Warren Buffett described how share prices do not always rationally reflect the value of a business. One flawed but reasonable way to assess how sentiment around a company has changed is to compare the earnings per share (EPS) with the share price.
In the last half decade Intrepid Potash saw its share price fall as its EPS declined below zero. At present it's hard to make valid comparisons between EPS and the share price. However, we can say we'd expect to see a falling share price in this scenario.
You can see below how EPS has changed over time (discover the exact values by clicking on the image).
Dive deeper into Intrepid Potash's key metrics by checking this interactive graph of Intrepid Potash's earnings, revenue and cash flow.
A Different Perspective
Intrepid Potash provided a TSR of 1.4% over the last twelve months. Unfortunately this falls short of the market return. But at least that's still a gain! Over five years the TSR has been a reduction of 4% per year, over five years. It could well be that the business is stabilizing. You might want to assess this data-rich visualization of its earnings, revenue and cash flow.
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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 American exchanges.
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