JCHX Mining Management Ltd (SHSE:603979) fell 6.6% this week, with annual revenue falling further in line with earnings growth.

JCHX MINING MANAGEMENT CO., LTD (chs:603979) Shareholders may be concerned after seeing the stock price decline 27% in the last quarter. But in stark contrast, the returns over the past half-decade have been impressive. In fact, the stock price is up 297% today. For some, the recent decline will not be surprising after such a rapid rise. Ultimately, business performance will determine whether the stock price continues its positive long-term trend.

Although JCHX Mining Management Ltd shed CNY1.6 billion of its market value this week, let’s take a look at its fundamental long-term trends and see if they have generated returns.

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While the efficient markets hypothesis is still studied by some, it has been proven that markets are over-reactive dynamic systems, and that investors are not always rational. One imperfect but simple way to consider how the market perception of a company has shifted is to compare the change in the earnings per share (EPS) with the share price movement.

Over half a decade, JCHX Mining Management Ltd has grown its earnings per share by 34% a year. This EPS growth is reasonably close to the 32% average annual increase in the share price. This suggests that market sentiment around the company has not changed much over that time. Instead, the stock price has roughly tracked EPS growth.

The graphic below shows how EPS has changed over time (unveil the exact values ​​by clicking on the image).

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What about profits?

It is important to consider the total shareholder return, as well as the share price return for any given stock. The TSR includes the value of any spin-offs or diluted capital raisings, along with any dividends, based on the assumption that the dividends are reinvested. It’s fair to say that the TSR gives a more complete picture for stocks that pay a dividend. As it happens, JCHX Mining ManagementLtd’s TSR over the last 5 years was 307%, which exceeds the share price return mentioned earlier. And there’s no prize for guessing that dividends largely explain this difference!

A different perspective

While the broader market is up about 10% in the past year, JCHX Mining Management Ltd shareholders lost 5.9% (even including dividends). Even the share prices of good stocks go down sometimes, but we want to see improvements in a company’s fundamental metrics, before we care too much about them. On the bright side, long-term shareholders have made money, gaining 32% per year over half a decade. The recent sell-off could be an opportunity, so it may be worth checking fundamental data for signs of a long-term growth trend. It’s always interesting to track a stock’s price performance over the long term. But to understand JCHX Mining Management Ltd better, we need to consider many other factors. Take Risk, for example – JCHX Mining Management Ltd 2 warning signs We think you should be aware.

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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 Chinese exchanges.

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