Published on 22 Apr 2024 on Simply Wall St. via Yahoo Finance
By buying an index fund, investors can approximate the average market return. But many of us dare to dream of bigger returns, and build a portfolio ourselves. For example, the J.W. Mays, Inc. (NASDAQ:MAYS) share price is up 71% in the last three years, clearly besting the market return of around 7.0% (not including dividends).
So let's investigate and see if the longer term performance of the company has been in line with the underlying business' progress.