The worst result, after buying shares in a company (assuming no leverage), would be if you lose all the money you put in. But on a lighter note, a good company can see its share price rise well over 100%. One great example is SIGA Technologies, Inc. (NASDAQ:SIGA) which saw its share price drive 117% higher over five years. It’s also up 13% in about a month. This could be related to the recent financial results that were recently released – you could check the most recent data by reading our company report.
Check out our latest analysis for SIGA Technologies
Given that SIGA Technologies didn’t make a profit in the last twelve months, we’ll focus on revenue growth to form a quick view of its business development. 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, SIGA Technologies can boast revenue growth at a rate of 65% per year. That’s well above most pre-profit companies. So it’s not entirely surprising that the share price reflected this performance by increasing at a rate of 17% per year, in that time. This suggests the market has well and truly recognized the progress the business has made. SIGA Technologies seems like a high growth stock – so growth investors might want to add it to their watchlist.
The company’s revenue and earnings (over time) are depicted in the image below (click to see the exact numbers).
NasdaqGM:SIGA Income Statement, March 10th 2020
We consider it positive that insiders have made significant purchases in the last year. Even so, future earnings will be far more important to whether current shareholders make money. Dive deeper into the earnings by checking this interactive graph of SIGA Technologies’s earnings, revenue and cash flow.
A Different Perspective
We regret to report that SIGA Technologies shareholders are down 17% for the year. Unfortunately, that’s worse than the broader market decline of 1.1%. However, it could simply be that the share price has been impacted by broader market jitters. It might be worth keeping an eye on the fundamentals, in case there’s a good opportunity. Longer term investors wouldn’t be so upset, since they would have made 17%, each year, over five years. It could be that the recent sell-off is an opportunity, so it may be worth checking the fundamental data for signs of a long term growth trend. I find it very interesting to look at share price over the long term as a proxy for business performance. But to truly gain insight, we need to consider other information, too. Consider risks, for instance. Every company has them, and we’ve spotted 1 warning sign for SIGA Technologies you should know about.
There are plenty of other companies that have insiders buying up shares. You probably do not want to miss this free list of growing companies that insiders are 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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