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When you buy a stock there is always a possibility that it could drop 100%. But when you pick a company that is really flourishing, you can make more than 100%. Long term CBIZ, Inc. (NYSE:CBZ) shareholders would be well aware of this, since the stock is up 191% in five years. In more good news, the share price has risen 13% in thirty days. We note that CBIZ reported its financial results recently; luckily, you can catch up on the latest revenue and profit numbers in our company report.
Now it's worth having a look at the company's fundamentals too, because that will help us determine if the long term shareholder return has matched the performance of the underlying business.
See our latest analysis for CBIZ
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 imperfect but simple way to consider how the market perception of a company has shifted is to compare the change in the earnings per share (EPS) with the share price movement.
During five years of share price growth, CBIZ achieved compound earnings per share (EPS) growth of 13% per year. This EPS growth is slower than the share price growth of 24% per year, over the same period. This suggests that market participants hold the company in higher regard, these days. And that's hardly shocking given the track record of growth.
The graphic below depicts how EPS has changed over time (unveil the exact values by clicking on the image).
It might be well worthwhile taking a look at our free report on CBIZ's earnings, revenue and cash flow.
A Different Perspective
CBIZ shareholders have received returns of 33% over twelve months, which isn't far from the general market return. Most would be happy with a gain, and it helps that the year's return is actually better than the average return over five years, which was 24%. It is possible that management foresight will bring growth well into the future, even if the share price slows down. If you would like to research CBIZ in more detail then you might want to take a look at whether insiders have been buying or selling shares in the company.
We will like CBIZ better if we see some big insider buys. While we wait, check out this free list of undervalued stocks (mostly small caps) with considerable, recent, insider buying.
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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