尽管潜在亏损增加，但一年的回报对Symbotic(纳斯达克：SYM)的股东来说是有利的

The simplest way to invest in stocks is to buy exchange traded funds. But if you pick the right individual stocks, you could make more than that. To wit, the Symbotic Inc. (NASDAQ:SYM) share price is 58% higher than it was a year ago, much better than the market decline of around 21% (not including dividends) in the same period. That's a solid performance by our standards! Note that businesses generally develop over the long term, so the returns over the last year might not reflect a long term trend.

After a strong gain in the past week, it's worth seeing if longer term returns have been driven by improving fundamentals.

See our latest analysis for Symbotic

Given that Symbotic 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. As you can imagine, fast revenue growth, when maintained, often leads to fast profit growth.

In the last year Symbotic saw its revenue grow by 131%. That's a head and shoulders above most loss-making companies. The solid 58% share price gain goes down pretty well, but it's not necessarily as good as you might expect given the top notch revenue growth. If that's the case, now might be the time to take a close look at Symbotic. Human beings have trouble conceptualizing (and valuing) exponential growth. Is that what we're seeing here?

The image below shows how earnings and revenue have tracked over time (if you click on the image you can see greater detail).

This free interactive report on Symbotic's balance sheet strength is a great place to start, if you want to investigate the stock further.

A Different Perspective

Symbotic boasts a total shareholder return of 58% for the last year. And the share price momentum remains respectable, with a gain of 58% in the last three months. This suggests the company is continuing to win over new investors. 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. Take risks, for example - Symbotic has 2 warning signs (and 1 which is a bit unpleasant) we think you should know about.

We will like Symbotic better if we see some big insider buys. While we wait, check out this free list of growing companies with considerable, recent, 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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