Yahoo Finance McBride (LON:MCB) delivers shareholders incredible 330% return over 1 year, surging 17% in the last week alone
While stock picking isn't easy, for those willing to persist and learn, it is possible to buy shares in great companies, and generate wonderful returns. When you buy and hold the right company, the returns can make a huge difference to both you and your family. For example, the McBride plc (LON:MCB) share price is up a whopping 330% in the last 1 year, a handsome return in a single year. On top of that, the share price is up 146% in about a quarter. Having said that, the longer term returns aren't so impressive, with stock gaining just 6.0% in three years.
Since it's been a strong week for McBride shareholders, let's have a look at trend of the longer term fundamentals.
View our latest analysis for McBride
McBride 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.
Over the last twelve months, McBride's revenue grew by 31%. We respect that sort of growth, no doubt. But the market is even more excited about it, with the price apparently bound for the moon, up 330% in one of earth's orbits. While we are always careful about jumping on a hot stock too late, there's certainly good reason to keep an eye on McBride.
The graphic below depicts how earnings and revenue have changed over time (unveil 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
It's nice to see that McBride shareholders have received a total shareholder return of 330% over the last year. That certainly beats the loss of about 6% per year over the last half decade. This makes us a little wary, but the business might have turned around its fortunes. 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. Even so, be aware that McBride is showing 2 warning signs in our investment analysis , and 1 of those doesn't sit too well with us...
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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 British exchanges.
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