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A-Sonic Aerospace (SGX:BTJ) shareholders have earned a 44% CAGR over the last five years

We think all investors should try to buy and hold high quality multi-year winners. And we've seen some truly amazing gains over the years. To wit, the A-Sonic Aerospace Limited (SGX:BTJ) share price has soared 431% over five years. If that doesn't get you thinking about long term investing, we don't know what will. On top of that, the share price is up 47% in about a quarter.

Now it's worth having a look at the company's fundamentals too, because that will help us determine if the long term shareholder return has matched the performance of the underlying business.

View our latest analysis for A-Sonic Aerospace

There is no denying that markets are sometimes efficient, but prices do not always reflect underlying business performance. One imperfect but simple way to consider how the market perception of a company has shifted is to compare the change in the earnings per share (EPS) with the share price movement.

During the last half decade, A-Sonic Aerospace became profitable. That kind of transition can be an inflection point that justifies a strong share price gain, just as we have seen here. Since the company was unprofitable five years ago, but not three years ago, it's worth taking a look at the returns in the last three years, too. Indeed, the A-Sonic Aerospace share price has gained 152% in three years. During the same period, EPS grew by 56% each year. This EPS growth is higher than the 36% average annual increase in the share price over the same three years. Therefore, it seems the market has moderated its expectations for growth, somewhat. This cautious sentiment is reflected in its (fairly low) P/E ratio of 6.97.

The company's earnings per share (over time) is depicted in the image below (click to see the exact numbers).

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It's probably worth noting we've seen significant insider buying in the last quarter, which we consider a positive. On the other hand, we think the revenue and earnings trends are much more meaningful measures of the business. Dive deeper into the earnings by checking this interactive graph of A-Sonic Aerospace's earnings, revenue and cash flow.

What About The Total Shareholder Return (TSR)?

Investors should note that there's a difference between A-Sonic Aerospace's total shareholder return (TSR) and its share price change, which we've covered above. Arguably the TSR is a more complete return calculation because it accounts for the value of dividends (as if they were reinvested), along with the hypothetical value of any discounted capital that have been offered to shareholders. A-Sonic Aerospace's TSR of 514% for the 5 years exceeded its share price return, because it has paid dividends.

A Different Perspective

It's good to see that A-Sonic Aerospace has rewarded shareholders with a total shareholder return of 74% in the last twelve months. Since the one-year TSR is better than the five-year TSR (the latter coming in at 44% per year), it would seem that the stock's performance has improved in recent times. In the best case scenario, this may hint at some real business momentum, implying that now could be a great time to delve deeper. It's always interesting to track share price performance over the longer term. But to understand A-Sonic Aerospace better, we need to consider many other factors. To that end, you should be aware of the 2 warning signs we've spotted with A-Sonic Aerospace .

If you like to buy stocks alongside management, then you might just love this free list of companies. (Hint: insiders have been buying them).

Please note, the market returns quoted in this article reflect the market weighted average returns of stocks that currently trade on SG exchanges.

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