Published on 23 Apr 2024 on Simply Wall St. via Yahoo Finance

Illumina (NASDAQ:ILMN) investors are sitting on a loss of 71% if they invested three years ago

As every investor would know, not every swing hits the sweet spot. But you have a problem if you face massive losses more than once in a while. So spare a thought for the long term shareholders of Illumina, Inc. (NASDAQ:ILMN); the share price is down a whopping 71% in the last three years. That might cause some serious doubts about the merits of the initial decision to buy the stock, to put it mildly. And the ride hasn't got any smoother in recent times over the last year, with the price 45% lower in that time. The falls have accelerated recently, with the share price down 15% 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.