Long term investing can be life changing when you buy and hold the truly great businesses. And highest quality companies can see their share prices grow by huge amounts. Don’t believe it? Then look at the Relief Therapeutics Holding SA (VTX:RLF) share price. It’s 800% higher than it was five years ago. This just goes to show the value creation that some businesses can achieve. On top of that, the share price is up 263% in about a quarter. Anyone who held for that rewarding ride would probably be keen to talk about it.
Since the stock has added CHF20m to its market cap in the past week alone, let’s see if underlying performance has been driving long-term returns.
See our latest analysis for Relief Therapeutics Holding
Relief Therapeutics Holding wasn’t profitable in the last twelve months, it is unlikely we’ll see a strong correlation between its share price and its earnings per share (EPS). Arguably revenue is our next best option. When a company doesn’t make profits, we’d generally hope to see good revenue growth. That’s because fast revenue growth can be easily extrapolated to forecast profits, often of considerable size.
For the last half decade, Relief Therapeutics Holding can boast revenue growth at a rate of 56% per year. Even measured against other revenue-focussed companies, that’s a good result. Arguably, this is well and truly reflected in the strong share price gain of 55%(per year) over the same period. Despite the strong run, top performers like Relief Therapeutics Holding have been known to go on winning for decades. On the face of it, this looks lke a good opportunity, although we note sentiment seems very positive already.
The graphic below depicts how earnings and revenue have changed over time (unveil the exact values by clicking on the image).
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A Different Perspective
It’s good to see that Relief Therapeutics Holding has rewarded shareholders with a total shareholder return of 109% in the last twelve months. Since the one-year TSR is better than the five-year TSR (the latter coming in at 55% per year), it would seem that the stock’s performance has improved in recent times. Given the share price momentum remains strong, it might be worth taking a closer look at the stock, lest you miss an opportunity. I find it very interesting to look at share price over the long term as a proxy for business performance. But to truly gain insight, we need to consider other information, too. Like risks, for instance. Every company has them, and we’ve spotted 4 warning signs for Relief Therapeutics Holding (of which 2 are concerning!) 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 Swiss exchanges.
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