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What Type Of Returns Would Park City Group's(NASDAQ:PCYG) Shareholders Have Earned If They Purchased Their SharesThree Years Ago?

If you are building a properly diversified stock portfolio, the chances are some of your picks will perform badly. But long term Park City Group, Inc. (NASDAQ:PCYG) shareholders have had a particularly rough ride in the last three year. Regrettably, they have had to cope with a 63% drop in the share price over that period. And over the last year the share price fell 22%, so we doubt many shareholders are delighted. It's down 11% in the last seven days.

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Given that Park City Group only made minimal earnings in the last twelve months, we'll focus on revenue to gauge its business development. As a general rule, we think this kind of company is more comparable to loss-making stocks, since the actual profit is so low. For shareholders to have confidence a company will grow profits significantly, it must grow revenue.

Over three years, Park City Group grew revenue at 2.1% per year. Given it's losing money in pursuit of growth, we are not really impressed with that. This uninspiring revenue growth has no doubt helped send the share price lower; it dropped 18% during the period. When a stock falls hard like this, some investors like to add the company to a watchlist (in case the business recovers, longer term). After all, growing a business isn't easy, and the process will not always be smooth.

The graphic below depicts how earnings and revenue have changed over time (unveil the exact values by clicking on the image).

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A Different Perspective

While the broader market gained around 13% in the last year, Park City Group shareholders lost 22%. However, keep in mind that even the best stocks will sometimes underperform the market over a twelve month period. Unfortunately, last year's performance may indicate unresolved challenges, given that it was worse than the annualised loss of 9.3% over the last half decade. We realise that Baron Rothschild has said investors should "buy when there is blood on the streets", but we caution that investors should first be sure they are buying a high quality business. It's always interesting to track share price performance over the longer term. But to understand Park City Group better, we need to consider many other factors. Take risks, for example - Park City Group has 3 warning signs we think you should be aware of.

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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 US exchanges.

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