It’s been a soft week for Fosun tourism group (HKG: 1992) Stocks that are down 10%. That may be a setback, but it doesn’t undo the good returns over the past twelve months. During that time, we’ve seen the stock slightly outperform the market return, with a gain of 82%.

Check out our latest analysis for Fosun Tourism Group

Since Fosun Tourism Group has not made a profit in the past twelve months, we will focus on sales growth for a quick view of business development. Generally, when a company is not making profits, we expect good sales growth. Some companies are willing to shift their profitability in order to grow sales faster, but in this case they expect good sales growth.

Last year the Fosun Tourism Group saw a 59% drop in sales. The stock is up 82% during that time, a good performance considering the decline in sales. For us, this means that there isn’t much correlation between sales history and the share price, but a closer look at the analysts’ forecasts and the bottom line can explain a lot.

The company’s sales and earnings (over time) are shown in the image below (click to see the exact numbers).

SEHK: 1992 profit and sales growth June 20, 2021

These free interactive report about the Fosun Tourism Group Balance sheet strength is a great place to start if you want to further investigate the inventory.

Another perspective

It’s nice to see that Fosun Tourism Group’s shareholders are up 82% over the past year. The recent returns have not been as impressive as the longer-term returns, at just 4.1%. However, we doubt shareholders would be concerned. It seems that the market is simply waiting for more information because if the company delivers, the stock price will (eventually) deliver too. Shareholders should check this detailed historical graph the previous earnings, sales and cash flow.

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Please note that the market returns reported in this article reflect the market weighted average returns on stocks currently traded on HK exchanges.

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