To justify the effort of selecting individual stocks, it is reasonable to attempt to beat the returns from a market index fund. But the main game is to find enough winners to compensate the losers. At this point some shareholders may question their investment. DMG MORI Actiangelshaft (ETR: GIL), has seen a 15% decline in share price over the past five years.
Since shareholders are down over the long term, let’s look at the underlying fundamentals over that period and see if they are in line with returns.
View our latest analysis for DMG MORI
To quote Buffett, ‘Ships will sail around the world but the Flat Earth Society will thrive. There will continue to be wide discrepancies between price and value in the market…’ A flawed but fair way of assessing how sentiment has changed around a company is to compare earnings per share (EPS) with the share price.
During the unfortunate half-decade during which the share price declined, DMG MORI actually saw its earnings per share (EPS) grow by 4.3% per year. So don’t think EPS is a great guide to understanding how the market is valuing a stock. Alternatively, growth expectations may have been unreasonable in the past.
Given that the EPS is up and the share price is down, it is clear that the market is more concerned about the business than previously thought. That said, if EPS growth continues, it seems likely to boost the share price over the long term.
You can see in the image below how EPS has changed over time (click on the chart to see the exact values).
earnings per share growth
This Free DMG Mori’s interactive report on earnings, revenue and cash flow is a good place to start if you want to investigate the stock further.
What about dividend?
Along with measuring share price return, investors should also consider total shareholder return (TSR). The TSR includes any dividends plus the value of any spin-off or discounted capital increase, based on the assumption that the dividends are reinvested. It is fair to say that TSR gives a more complete picture for dividend paying stocks. In case of DMG MORI, its TSR for the last 5 years is -3.2%. This is higher than its share price return that we mentioned earlier. The dividend paid by the company has thus promoted Total shareholder return.
a different perspective
We are pleased to report that DMG MORI shareholders have received a total shareholder return of 7.0% in one year. Of course, this includes dividends. It certainly beats the loss of about 0.6% per year over the past half-decade. This makes us a little wary, but the business may have turned its fortunes. I find it very interesting to look at share price over the long term as a proxy for business performance. But to really gain insight, we need to consider other information as well. However, be aware that DMG MORI is showing 2 warning signs in our investment analysis And 1 of them is potentially serious…
If you prefer to check out another company – potentially one with better financials – don’t miss this one. Free List of companies that have proven they can grow earnings.
Please note, the market returns quoted in this article reflect the market weighted average returns of stocks that currently trade on German exchanges.
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