Logility Supply Chain Solutions (NASDAQ:LGTY) shareholders have endured a 58% loss from investing in the stock three years ago

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If you love investing in stocks you're bound to buy some losers. Long term Logility Supply Chain Solutions, Inc. (NASDAQ:LGTY) shareholders know that all too well, since the share price is down considerably over three years. Sadly for them, the share price is down 62% in that time.

Now let's have a look at the company's fundamentals, and see if the long term shareholder return has matched the performance of the underlying business.

Check out our latest analysis for Logility Supply Chain Solutions

To paraphrase Benjamin Graham: Over the short term the market is a voting machine, but over the long term it's a weighing machine. By comparing earnings per share (EPS) and share price changes over time, we can get a feel for how investor attitudes to a company have morphed over time.

Logility Supply Chain Solutions saw its EPS decline at a compound rate of 0.4% per year, over the last three years. The share price decline of 27% is actually steeper than the EPS slippage. So it's likely that the EPS decline has disappointed the market, leaving investors hesitant to buy.

The image below shows how EPS has tracked over time (if you click on the image you can see greater detail).

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NasdaqGS:LGTY Earnings Per Share Growth October 21st 2024

We like that insiders have been buying shares in the last twelve months. Even so, future earnings will be far more important to whether current shareholders make money. Dive deeper into the earnings by checking this interactive graph of Logility Supply Chain Solutions' earnings, revenue and cash flow.

What About Dividends?

As well as measuring the share price return, investors should also consider the total shareholder return (TSR). The TSR incorporates the value of any spin-offs or discounted capital raisings, along with any dividends, based on the assumption that the dividends are reinvested. It's fair to say that the TSR gives a more complete picture for stocks that pay a dividend. In the case of Logility Supply Chain Solutions, it has a TSR of -58% for the last 3 years. That exceeds its share price return that we previously mentioned. The dividends paid by the company have thusly boosted the total shareholder return.

A Different Perspective

Logility Supply Chain Solutions shareholders are down 2.9% for the year (even including dividends), but the market itself is up 41%. Even the share prices of good stocks drop sometimes, but we want to see improvements in the fundamental metrics of a business, before getting too interested. Unfortunately, longer term shareholders are suffering worse, given the loss of 4% doled out over the last five years. We'd need to see some sustained improvements in the key metrics before we could muster much enthusiasm. I find it very interesting to look at share price over the long term as a proxy for business performance. But to truly gain insight, we need to consider other information, too. To that end, you should learn about the 2 warning signs we've spotted with Logility Supply Chain Solutions (including 1 which is a bit concerning) .

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