For many, the main point of investing is to generate higher returns than the overall market. But even the best stock picker will only win with some selections. At this point some shareholders may be questioning their investment in China Construction Bank Corporation (HKG:939), since the last five years saw the share price fall 28%. Furthermore, it's down 13% in about a quarter. That's not much fun for holders.
Now let's have a look at the company's fundamentals, and see if the long term shareholder return has matched the performance of the underlying business.
See our latest analysis for China Construction Bank
While the efficient markets hypothesis continues to be taught by some, it has been proven that markets are over-reactive dynamic systems, and 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.
While the share price declined over five years, China Construction Bank actually managed to increase EPS by an average of 5.5% per year. So it doesn't seem like EPS is a great guide to understanding how the market is valuing the stock. Or possibly, the market was previously very optimistic, so the stock has disappointed, despite improving EPS.
Because of the sharp contrast between the EPS growth rate and the share price growth, we're inclined to look to other metrics to understand the changing market sentiment around the stock.
The steady dividend doesn't really explain why the share price is down. It's not immediately clear to us why the stock price is down but further research might provide some answers.
You can see how earnings and revenue have changed over time in the image below (click on the chart to see the exact values).
SEHK:939 Earnings and Revenue Growth August 18th 2022
China Construction Bank is well known by investors, and plenty of clever analysts have tried to predict the future profit levels. So we recommend checking out this free report showing consensus forecasts
What About Dividends?
It is important to consider the total shareholder return, as well as the share price return, for any given stock. The TSR incorporates the value of any spin-offs or discounted capital raisings, along with any dividends, based on the assumption that the dividends are reinvested. So for companies that pay a generous dividend, the TSR is often a lot higher than the share price return. In the case of China Construction Bank, it has a TSR of -1.9% for the last 5 years. That exceeds its share price return that we previously mentioned. And there's no prize for guessing that the dividend payments largely explain the divergence!
A Different Perspective
While it's certainly disappointing to see that China Construction Bank shares lost 7.0% throughout the year, that wasn't as bad as the market loss of 18%. Given the total loss of 0.4% per year over five years, it seems returns have deteriorated in the last twelve months. Whilst Baron Rothschild does tell the investor "buy when there's blood in the streets, even if the blood is your own", buyers would need to examine the data carefully to be comfortable that the business itself is sound. Keeping this in mind, a solid next step might be to take a look at China Construction Bank's dividend track record. This free interactive graph is a great place to start.
If you would prefer to check out another company -- one with potentially superior financials -- then do not miss this free list of companies that have proven they can grow earnings.
Please note, the market returns quoted in this article reflect the market weighted average returns of stocks that currently trade on HK exchanges.
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对许多人来说,投资的主要目的是创造比整体市场更高的回报。但即使是最好的选股者也只有在一些选择。在这一点上,一些股东可能会质疑他们在建设银行(HKG:939),自过去五年股价下跌28%以来。此外,它在大约四分之一的时间里下跌了13%。对于持有者来说,这并不是什么乐趣。
现在让我们来看看该公司的基本面,看看长期股东回报是否与基础业务的表现相匹配。
查看我们对中国建设银行的最新分析
虽然有效市场假说继续被一些人传授,但事实证明,市场是过度反应的动态系统,投资者并不总是理性的。一种不完美但简单的方法来考虑市场对一家公司的看法是如何改变的,那就是将每股收益(EPS)的变化与股价走势进行比较。
尽管股价在五年内下跌,但中国建设银行实际上成功地增加每股收益平均每年增长5.5%。因此,每股收益似乎并不能很好地指导人们理解市场对股票的估值。也有可能,此前市场非常乐观,因此尽管每股收益有所改善,但该股仍令人失望。
由于每股收益增长率和股价增长率之间的鲜明对比,我们倾向于通过其他指标来了解围绕股票不断变化的市场情绪。
稳定的股息并不能真正解释股价下跌的原因。我们目前还不清楚为什么股价会下跌,但进一步的研究可能会提供一些答案。
您可以在下图中看到收益和收入随时间的变化(单击图表查看确切的值)。
联交所:939盈利及收入增长2022年8月18日
中国建设银行为投资者所熟知,许多聪明的分析师曾试图预测未来的利润水平。因此,我们建议您查看以下内容免费显示共识预测的报告
那股息呢?
重要的是要考虑任何给定股票的总股东回报以及股价回报。TSR包括任何剥离或贴现融资的价值,以及任何股息,基于股息再投资的假设。因此,对于支付丰厚股息的公司来说,TSR往往比股价回报高得多。以中国建设银行为例,它过去5年的总资产收益率为-1.9%。这超过了我们之前提到的它的股价回报。而且,猜测股息支付在很大程度上解释了这种差异是没有好处的!
不同的视角
虽然看到中国建设银行股价全年下跌7.0%肯定令人失望,但这并没有市场18%的跌幅那么糟糕。考虑到过去五年每年0.4%的总亏损,过去12个月的回报率似乎有所下降。虽然罗斯柴尔德男爵确实会告诉投资者“在街上有血的时候买入,即使血是你自己的”,但买家需要仔细检查数据,才能确信业务本身是稳健的。考虑到这一点,下一步可靠的举措可能是看看中国建设银行的股息记录。这免费交互式图形是一个很好的起点。
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请注意,本文引用的市场回报反映了目前在香港交易所交易的股票的市场加权平均回报。
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