Zhongbai Holdings Group Co.,Ltd (SZSE:000759) shareholders should be happy to see the share price up 20% in the last quarter. But over the last half decade, the stock has not performed well. In fact, the share price is down 36%, which falls well short of the return you could get by buying an index fund.

While the last five years has been tough for Zhongbai Holdings GroupLtd shareholders, this past week has shown signs of promise. So let's look at the longer term fundamentals and see if they've been the driver of the negative returns.

See our latest analysis for Zhongbai Holdings GroupLtd

Zhongbai Holdings GroupLtd isn't currently profitable, so most analysts would look to revenue growth to get an idea of how fast the underlying business is growing. Generally speaking, companies without profits are expected to grow revenue every year, and at a good clip. That's because fast revenue growth can be easily extrapolated to forecast profits, often of considerable size.

In the last five years Zhongbai Holdings GroupLtd saw its revenue shrink by 5.7% per year. That's not what investors generally want to see. The stock hasn't done well for shareholders in the last five years, falling 6%, annualized. Unfortunately, though, it makes sense given the lack of either profits or revenue growth. Without profits, its hard to see how shareholders win if the revenue keeps falling.

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

Take a more thorough look at Zhongbai Holdings GroupLtd's financial health with this free report on its balance sheet.

A Different Perspective

We're pleased to report that Zhongbai Holdings GroupLtd shareholders have received a total shareholder return of 22% over one year. Notably the five-year annualised TSR loss of 6% per year compares very unfavourably with the recent share price performance. This makes us a little wary, but the business might have turned around its fortunes. You might want to assess this data-rich visualization of its earnings, revenue and cash flow.

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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 CN exchanges.

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