Published on 23 Oct 2021 on Simply Wall St. via Yahoo Finance

Announcing: Alliance Pharma (LON:APH) Stock Increased An Energizing 121% In The Last Five Years

The worst result, after buying shares in a company (assuming no leverage), would be if you lose all the money you put in. But on a lighter note, a good company can see its share price rise well over 100%. Long term Alliance Pharma plc (LON:APH) shareholders would be well aware of this, since the stock is up 121% in five years. We note the stock price is up 1.9% in the last seven days.

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In his essay The Superinvestors of Graham-and-Doddsville Warren Buffett described how share prices do not always rationally reflect the value of a business. 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.