Arrow Electronics, Inc. (NYSE:ARW) shareholders should be happy to see the share price up 24% in the last month. But that is minimal compensation for the share price under-performance over the last year. In fact, the price has declined 35% in a year, falling short of the returns you could get by investing in an index fund.
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While markets are a powerful pricing mechanism, share prices reflect investor sentiment, not just underlying business performance. One flawed but reasonable way to assess how sentiment around a company has changed is to compare the earnings per share (EPS) with the share price.
Arrow Electronics fell to a loss making position during the year. Some investors no doubt dumped the stock as a result. We hope for shareholders' sake that the company becomes profitable again soon.
You can see how EPS has changed over time in the image below (click on the chart to see the exact values).
Dive deeper into Arrow Electronics's key metrics by checking this interactive graph of Arrow Electronics's earnings, revenue and cash flow.
A Different PerspectiveWe regret to report that Arrow Electronics shareholders are down 35% for the year. Unfortunately, that's worse than the broader market decline of 0.8%. Having said that, it's inevitable that some stocks will be oversold in a falling market. The key is to keep your eyes on the fundamental developments. Unfortunately, last year's performance may indicate unresolved challenges, given that it was worse than the annualised loss of 2.2% over the last half decade. We realise that Baron Rothschild has said investors should "buy when there is blood on the streets", but we caution that investors should first be sure they are buying a high quality business. 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. Like risks, for instance. Every company has them, and we've spotted 2 warning signs for Arrow Electronics (of which 1 makes us a bit uncomfortable!) you should know about.
We will like Arrow Electronics better if we see some big insider buys. While we wait, check out this free list of growing companies with considerable, recent, insider buying.
Please note, the market returns quoted in this article reflect the market weighted average returns of stocks that currently trade on US exchanges.
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