CBTX's (NASDAQ:CBTX) Shareholders Are Down 35% On Their Shares

Passive investing in an index fund is a good way to ensure your own returns roughly match the overall market. While individual stocks can be big winners, plenty more fail to generate satisfactory returns. For example, the CBTX, Inc. (NASDAQ:CBTX) share price is down 35% in the last year. That's disappointing when you consider the market returned 20%. We note that it has not been easy for shareholders over three years, either; the share price is down 34% in that time. There was little comfort for shareholders in the last week as the price declined a further 1.2%.

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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.

Unhappily, CBTX had to report a 45% decline in EPS over the last year. This fall in the EPS is significantly worse than the 35% the share price fall. It may have been that the weak EPS was not as bad as some had feared.

You can see below how EPS has changed over time (discover the exact values by clicking on the image).

We like that insiders have been buying shares in the last twelve months. Having said that, most people consider earnings and revenue growth trends to be a more meaningful guide to the business. It might be well worthwhile taking a look at our free report on CBTX's earnings, revenue and cash flow.

A Different Perspective

The last twelve months weren't great for CBTX shares, which cost holders 34%, including dividends, while the market was up about 20%. Of course the long term matters more than the short term, and even great stocks will sometimes have a poor year. Shareholders have lost 10% per year over the last three years, so the share price drop has become steeper, over the last year; a potential symptom of as yet unsolved challenges. Although Baron Rothschild famously said to "buy when there's blood in the streets, even if the blood is your own", he also focusses on high quality stocks with solid prospects. 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. Case in point: We've spotted 2 warning signs for CBTX you should be aware of.

CBTX is not the only stock insiders are buying. So take a peek at this free list of growing companies with 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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