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These days it's easy to simply buy an index fund, and your returns should (roughly) match the market. But investors can boost returns by picking market-beating companies to own shares in. To wit, the Gamenet Group S.p.A. (BIT:GAME) share price is 11% higher than it was a year ago, much better than the market return of around -2.3% (not including dividends) in the same period. If it can keep that out-performance up over the long term, investors will do very well! We'll need to follow Gamenet Group for a while to get a better sense of its share price trend, since it hasn't been listed for particularly long.
Check out our latest analysis for Gamenet Group
While the efficient markets hypothesis continues to be taught by some, it has been proven that markets are over-reactive dynamic systems, and investors are not always rational. One way to examine how market sentiment has changed over time is to look at the interaction between a company's share price and its earnings per share (EPS).
During the last year Gamenet Group grew its earnings per share, moving from a loss to a profit. When a company has just transitioned to profitability, earnings per share growth is not always the best way to look at the share price action.
We note that the most recent dividend payment is higher than the payment a year ago, so that may have assisted the share price. It could be that the company is reaching maturity and dividend investors are buying for the yield, pushing the price up in the process. Furthermore, the revenue growth of 10% probably also encouraged buyers.
The graphic below depicts how earnings and revenue have changed over time (unveil the exact values by clicking on the image).
We know that Gamenet Group has improved its bottom line lately, but what does the future have in store? So it makes a lot of sense to check out what analysts think Gamenet Group will earn in the future (free profit forecasts).
What About Dividends?
When looking at investment returns, it is important to consider the difference between total shareholder return (TSR) and share price return. Whereas the share price return only reflects the change in the share price, the TSR includes the value of dividends (assuming they were reinvested) and the benefit of any discounted capital raising or spin-off. It's fair to say that the TSR gives a more complete picture for stocks that pay a dividend. We note that for Gamenet Group the TSR over the last year was 19%, which is better than the share price return mentioned above. This is largely a result of its dividend payments!