Published on 6 Mar 2024 on Simply Wall St. via Yahoo Finance
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. Unfortunately, that's been the case for longer term Sandy Spring Bancorp, Inc. (NASDAQ:SASR) shareholders, since the share price is down 45% in the last three years, falling well short of the market return of around 22%. The more recent news is of little comfort, with the share price down 30% in a year.
Now let's have a look at the company's fundamentals, and see if the long term shareholder return has matched the performance of the underlying business.
Check out our latest analysis for Sandy Spring Bancorp