Published on 21 Aug 2023 on Simply Wall St. via Yahoo Finance

Investors in Trainline (LON:TRN) have unfortunately lost 36% over the last three years

For many investors, the main point of stock picking is to generate higher returns than the overall market. But its virtually certain that sometimes you will buy stocks that fall short of the market average returns. We regret to report that long term Trainline Plc (LON:TRN) shareholders have had that experience, with the share price dropping 36% in three years, versus a market return of about 21%. The more recent news is of little comfort, with the share price down 34% in a year. Shareholders have had an even rougher run lately, with the share price down 15% in the last 90 days.

So let's have a look and see if the longer term performance of the company has been in line with the underlying business' progress.

See our latest analysis for Trainline