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Bakkavor Group plc (LON:BAKK) shareholders should be happy to see the share price up 13% in the last week. But in truth the last year hasn't been good for the share price. The cold reality is that the stock has dropped 42% in one year, under-performing the market.
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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. By comparing earnings per share (EPS) and share price changes over time, we can get a feel for how investor attitudes to a company have morphed over time.
Unhappily, Bakkavor Group had to report a 43% decline in EPS over the last year. This change in EPS is remarkably close to the 42% decrease in the share price. Given the lower EPS we might have expected investors to lose confidence in the stock, but that doesn't seemed to have happened. Instead, the change in the share price seems to reduction in earnings per share, alone.
You can see how EPS has changed over time in the image below (click on the chart to see the exact values).
Dive deeper into Bakkavor Group's key metrics by checking this interactive graph of Bakkavor Group's earnings, revenue and cash flow.
A Different Perspective
Bakkavor Group shareholders are down 42% for the year, even worse than the market loss of 7.0%. That's disappointing, but it's worth keeping in mind that the market-wide selling wouldn't have helped. It's great to see a nice little 7.6% rebound in the last three months. This could just be a bounce because the selling was too aggressive, but fingers crossed it's the start of a new trend. 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. Take risks, for example - Bakkavor Group has 4 warning signs we think you should be aware of.
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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 GB exchanges.
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