Published on 16 Oct 2023 on Simply Wall St. via Yahoo Finance
In order to justify the effort of selecting individual stocks, it's worth striving to beat the returns from a market index fund. But the risk of stock picking is that you will likely buy under-performing companies. We regret to report that long term AB Dynamics plc (LON:ABDP) shareholders have had that experience, with the share price dropping 29% in three years, versus a market return of about 25%. The falls have accelerated recently, with the share price down 14% in the last three months.
Since shareholders are down over the longer term, lets look at the underlying fundamentals over the that time and see if they've been consistent with returns.
See our latest analysis for AB Dynamics