Published on 13 May 2024 on Simply Wall St. via Yahoo Finance
Ascential's (LON:ASCL) investors will be pleased with their notable 31% return over the last year
These days it's easy to simply buy an index fund, and your returns should (roughly) match the market. But you can significantly boost your returns by picking above-average stocks. For example, the Ascential plc (LON:ASCL) share price is up 31% in the last 1 year, clearly besting the market return of around 5.5% (not including dividends). So that should have shareholders smiling. Zooming out, the stock is actually down 11% in the last three years.
So let's investigate and see if the longer term performance of the company has been in line with the underlying business' progress.