Compound earnings per share have grown by 20% a year, and Apple investors have made a handsome return of 253% over the past five years.
CTOnews.com, March 2 (Xinhua)-- according to the financial media Simply Wall St, Apple's share price has risen 237% in five years, and long-term shareholders have made handsome returns.
CTOnews.com learned from the report that Apple's compound earnings per share (EPS) has grown by 20% a year over the past five years. But EPS is lower than the 27% annual growth in its share price over the same period, suggesting that market participants now think more highly of the company.
For companies that pay generous dividends, the total return of shareholders is often much higher than the rate of return on stock prices. Coincidentally, apple's total shareholder return over the past five years was 253%, surpassing the previously mentioned return on share price.
