Introducing Koss (NASDAQ:KOSS), The Stock That Dropped 35% In The Last Five Years

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The main aim of stock picking is to find the market-beating stocks. But in any portfolio, there will be mixed results between individual stocks. So we wouldn't blame long term Koss Corporation (NASDAQ:KOSS) shareholders for doubting their decision to hold, with the stock down 35% over a half decade. It's up 1.9% in the last seven days.

See our latest analysis for Koss

There is no denying that markets are sometimes efficient, but prices do not always reflect underlying business performance. One way to examine how market sentiment has changed over time is to look at the interaction between a company's share price and its earnings per share (EPS).

Koss became profitable within the last five years. That would generally be considered a positive, so we are surprised to see the share price is down. Other metrics might give us a better handle on how its value is changing over time.

The revenue fall of 1.4% per year for five years is neither good nor terrible. But if the market expected durable top line growth, then that could explain the share price weakness.

The chart below shows how revenue and earnings have changed with time, (if you click on the chart you can see the actual values).

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

A Different Perspective

While the broader market gained around 3.4% in the last year, Koss shareholders lost 14%. 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 8.1% over the last half decade. We realise that Buffett 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 businesses. Most investors take the time to check the data on insider transactions. You can click here to see if insiders have been buying or selling.

But note: Koss may not be the best stock to buy. So take a peek at this free list of interesting companies with past earnings growth (and further growth forecast).

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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