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Long term investing works well, but it doesn't always work for each individual stock. We really hate to see fellow investors lose their hard-earned money. Imagine if you held Lexibook - Linguistic Electronic System Société anonyme (EPA:ALLEX) for half a decade as the share price tanked 78%. And it's not just long term holders hurting, because the stock is down 22% in the last year. Furthermore, it's down 11% in about a quarter. That's not much fun for holders.
Check out our latest analysis for Lexibook - Linguistic Electronic System Société anonyme
Lexibook - Linguistic Electronic System Société anonyme isn't currently profitable, so most analysts would look to revenue growth to get an idea of how fast the underlying business is growing. Generally speaking, companies without profits are expected to grow revenue every year, and at a good clip. As you can imagine, fast revenue growth, when maintained, often leads to fast profit growth.
In the last five years Lexibook - Linguistic Electronic System Société anonyme saw its revenue shrink by 14% per year. That's definitely a weaker result than most pre-profit companies report. So it's not altogether surprising to see the share price down 26% per year in the same time period. We don't think this is a particularly promising picture. Ironically, that behavior could create an opportunity for the contrarian investor - but only if there are good reasons to predict a brighter future.
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
Investors in Lexibook - Linguistic Electronic System Société anonyme had a tough year, with a total loss of 22%, against a market gain of about 3.8%. Even the share prices of good stocks drop sometimes, but we want to see improvements in the fundamental metrics of a business, before getting too interested. Unfortunately, longer term shareholders are suffering worse, given the loss of 26% doled out over the last five years. We'd need to see some sustained improvements in the key metrics before we could muster much enthusiasm. You might want to assess this data-rich visualization of its earnings, revenue and cash flow.
Of course Lexibook - Linguistic Electronic System Société anonyme may not be the best stock to buy. So you may wish to see this free collection of growth stocks.
Please note, the market returns quoted in this article reflect the market weighted average returns of stocks that currently trade on FR exchanges.
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