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We think intelligent long term investing is the way to go. But unfortunately, some companies simply don't succeed. For example the Avation PLC (LON:AVAP) share price dropped 54% over five years. That's not a lot of fun for true believers.
Now let's have a look at the company's fundamentals, and see if the long term shareholder return has matched the performance of the underlying business.
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Given that Avation didn't make a profit in the last twelve months, we'll focus on revenue growth to form a quick view of its business development. Shareholders of unprofitable companies usually desire strong revenue growth. That's because fast revenue growth can be easily extrapolated to forecast profits, often of considerable size.
In the last five years Avation saw its revenue shrink by 6.2% per year. While far from catastrophic that is not good. The share price decline of 9% compound, over five years, is understandable given the company is losing money, and revenue is moving in the wrong direction. We don't think anyone is rushing to buy this stock. Not that many investors like to invest in companies that are losing money and not growing revenue.
The company's revenue and earnings (over time) are depicted in the image below (click to see the exact numbers).
Take a more thorough look at Avation's financial health with this free report on its balance sheet.
A Different Perspective
It's good to see that Avation has rewarded shareholders with a total shareholder return of 29% in the last twelve months. Notably the five-year annualised TSR loss of 9% per year compares very unfavourably with the recent share price performance. The long term loss makes us cautious, but the short term TSR gain certainly hints at a brighter future. It's always interesting to track share price performance over the longer term. But to understand Avation better, we need to consider many other factors. Take risks, for example - Avation has 3 warning signs (and 2 which shouldn't be ignored) we think you should know about.
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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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