It certainly might concern Dongguan Chitwing Technology Co., Ltd. (SZSE:002855) shareholders to see the share price down 35% in just 30 days. But that scarcely detracts from the really solid long term returns generated by the company over five years. In fact, the share price is 279% higher today. We think it's more important to dwell on the long term returns than the short term returns. Only time will tell if there is still too much optimism currently reflected in the share price.

While the stock has fallen 4.9% this week, it's worth focusing on the longer term and seeing if the stocks historical returns have been driven by the underlying fundamentals.

See our latest analysis for Dongguan Chitwing Technology

Dongguan Chitwing Technology 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. That's because fast revenue growth can be easily extrapolated to forecast profits, often of considerable size.

For the last half decade, Dongguan Chitwing Technology can boast revenue growth at a rate of 1.9% per year. Put simply, that growth rate fails to impress. In comparison, the share price rise of 31% per year over the last half a decade is pretty impressive. Shareholders should be pretty happy with that, although interested investors might want to examine the financial data more closely to see if the gains are really justified. It may be that the market is pretty optimistic about Dongguan Chitwing Technology.

The image below shows how earnings and revenue have tracked over time (if you click on the image you can see greater detail).

You can see how its balance sheet has strengthened (or weakened) over time in this free interactive graphic.

What About The Total Shareholder Return (TSR)?

We'd be remiss not to mention the difference between Dongguan Chitwing Technology's total shareholder return (TSR) and its share price return. Arguably the TSR is a more complete return calculation because it accounts for the value of dividends (as if they were reinvested), along with the hypothetical value of any discounted capital that have been offered to shareholders. Dongguan Chitwing Technology's TSR of 286% for the 5 years exceeded its share price return, because it has paid dividends.

A Different Perspective

We're pleased to report that Dongguan Chitwing Technology shareholders have received a total shareholder return of 239% over one year. That gain is better than the annual TSR over five years, which is 31%. 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. Even so, be aware that Dongguan Chitwing Technology is showing 3 warning signs in our investment analysis , you should know about...

But note: Dongguan Chitwing Technology may not be the best stock to buy. So take a peek at this free list of interesting companies with past earnings growth (and further growth forecast).

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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