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If you want to compound wealth in the stock market, you can do so by buying an index fund. But if you pick the right individual stocks, you could make more than that. For example, the PSP Projects Limited (NSE:PSPPROJECT) share price is up 12% in the last year, clearly besting the market return of around -6.2% (not including dividends). If it can keep that out-performance up over the long term, investors will do very well! PSP Projects hasn't been listed for long, so it's still not clear if it is a long term winner.
See our latest analysis for PSP Projects
To quote Buffett, 'Ships will sail around the world but the Flat Earth Society will flourish. There will continue to be wide discrepancies between price and value in the marketplace...' 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.
During the last year PSP Projects grew its earnings per share (EPS) by 28%. This EPS growth is significantly higher than the 12% increase in the share price. So it seems like the market has cooled on PSP Projects, despite the growth. Interesting.
You can see below how EPS has changed over time (discover the exact values by clicking on the image).
It's good to see that there was some significant insider buying in the last three months. That's a positive. On the other hand, we think the revenue and earnings trends are much more meaningful measures of the business. This free interactive report on PSP Projects's earnings, revenue and cash flow is a great place to start, if you want to investigate the stock further.
A Different Perspective
PSP Projects boasts a total shareholder return of 13% for the last year (that includes the dividends) . Unfortunately the share price is down 2.2% over the last quarter. It may simply be that the share price got ahead of itself, although there may have been fundamental developments that are weighing on it. Investors who like to make money usually check up on insider purchases, such as the price paid, and total amount bought. You can find out about the insider purchases of PSP Projects by clicking this link.
PSP Projects is not the only stock insiders are buying. So take a peek at this free list of growing companies with insider buying.
Please note, the market returns quoted in this article reflect the market weighted average returns of stocks that currently trade on IN exchanges.
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