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If you buy and hold a stock for many years, you'd hope to be making a profit. But more than that, you probably want to see it rise more than the market average. Unfortunately for shareholders, while the i3 Verticals, Inc. (NASDAQ:IIIV) share price is up 15% in the last five years, that's less than the market return. Over the last twelve months the stock price has risen a very respectable 15%.
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.
Check out our latest analysis for i3 Verticals
i3 Verticals 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. That's because fast revenue growth can be easily extrapolated to forecast profits, often of considerable size.
For the last half decade, i3 Verticals can boast revenue growth at a rate of 6.2% per year. That's a fairly respectable growth rate. The annual gain of 3% over five years is better than nothing, but falls short of the market. You could even argue that the share price was over optimistic, previously.
You can see below how earnings and revenue have changed over time (discover the exact values by clicking on the image).
It's probably worth noting that the CEO is paid less than the median at similar sized companies. But while CEO remuneration is always worth checking, the really important question is whether the company can grow earnings going forward. So it makes a lot of sense to check out what analysts think i3 Verticals will earn in the future (free profit forecasts).
A Different Perspective
i3 Verticals shareholders gained a total return of 15% during the year. Unfortunately this falls short of the market return. The silver lining is that the gain was actually better than the average annual return of 3% per year over five year. It is possible that returns will improve along with the business fundamentals. You could get a better understanding of i3 Verticals' growth by checking out this more detailed historical graph of earnings, revenue and cash flow.
We will like i3 Verticals 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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