Can You Imagine How Elated Nel's (OB:NEL) Shareholders Feel About Its 589% Share Price Gain?
Buying shares in the best businesses can build meaningful wealth for you and your family. While the best companies are hard to find, but they can generate massive returns over long periods. For example, the Nel ASA (OB:NEL) share price is up a whopping 589% in the last half decade, a handsome return for long term holders. This just goes to show the value creation that some businesses can achieve. Also pleasing for shareholders was the 28% gain in the last three months.
We love happy stories like this one. The company should be really proud of that performance!
See our latest analysis for Nel
Nel isn't currently profitable, so most analysts would look to revenue growth to get an idea of how fast the underlying business is growing. When a company doesn't make profits, we'd generally expect to see good revenue growth. Some companies are willing to postpone profitability to grow revenue faster, but in that case one does expect good top-line growth.
In the last 5 years Nel saw its revenue grow at 52% per year. That's well above most pre-profit companies. Fortunately, the market has not missed this, and has pushed the share price up by 47% per year in that time. It's never too late to start following a top notch stock like Nel, since some long term winners go on winning for decades. So we'd recommend you take a closer look at this one, but keep in mind the market seems optimistic.
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 Nel's financial health with this free report on its balance sheet.
A Different Perspective
It's nice to see that Nel shareholders have received a total shareholder return of 86% over the last year. That gain is better than the annual TSR over five years, which is 47%. Therefore it seems like sentiment around the company has been positive lately. In the best case scenario, this may hint at some real business momentum, implying that now could be a great time to delve deeper. While it is well worth considering the different impacts that market conditions can have on the share price, there are other factors that are even more important. For example, we've discovered 2 warning signs for Nel that you should be aware of before investing here.
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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 NO exchanges.
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