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The simplest way to invest in stocks is to buy exchange traded funds. But investors can boost returns by picking market-beating companies to own shares in. For example, the GT Steel Construction Group Limited (HKG:8402) share price is up 16% in the last year, clearly besting than the market return of around -19% (not including dividends). If it can keep that out-performance up over the long term, investors will do very well! GT Steel Construction Group hasn't been listed for long, so it's still not clear if it is a long term winner.
Check out our latest analysis for GT Steel Construction Group
To paraphrase Benjamin Graham: Over the short term the market is a voting machine, but over the long term it's a weighing machine. 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.
During the last year GT Steel Construction Group saw its earnings per share (EPS) increase strongly. We don't think the exact number is a good guide to the sustainable growth rate, but we do think this sort of increase is impressive. So we're unsurprised to see the share price gaining ground. We're real advocates of letting inflection points like this guide our research as stock pickers.
The image below shows how EPS has tracked over time (if you click on the image you can see greater detail).
It might be well worthwhile taking a look at our free report on GT Steel Construction Group's earnings, revenue and cash flow.
A Different Perspective
GT Steel Construction Group shareholders should be happy with the total gain of 16% over the last twelve months. And the share price momentum remains respectable, with a gain of 21% in the last three months. This suggests the company is continuing to win over new investors. You might want to assess this data-rich visualization of its earnings, revenue and cash flow.
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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 HK exchanges.
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