It's easy to match the overall market return by buying an index fund. But if you buy individual stocks, you can do both better or worse than that. For example, the The Liberty SiriusXM Group (NASDAQ:LSXM.K) share price is down 22% in the last year. That contrasts poorly with the market decline of 18%. At least the damage isn't so bad if you look at the last three years, since the stock is down 5.5% in that time. Furthermore, it's down 21% in about a quarter. That's not much fun for holders. But this could be related to the weak market, which is down 17% in the same period.

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.

Check out our latest analysis for Liberty SiriusXM Group

In his essay The Superinvestors of Graham-and-Doddsville Warren Buffett described how share prices do not always rationally reflect the value of a business. 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.

Liberty SiriusXM Group managed to increase earnings per share from a loss to a profit, over the last 12 months.

When a company has just transitioned to profitability, earnings per share growth is not always the best way to look at the share price action. But we may find different metrics more enlightening.

Liberty SiriusXM Group's revenue is actually up 8.3% over the last year. Since the fundamental metrics don't readily explain the share price drop, there might be an opportunity if the market has overreacted.

The image below shows how earnings and revenue have tracked over time (if you click on the image you can see greater detail).

We know that Liberty SiriusXM Group has improved its bottom line lately, but what does the future have in store? You can see what analysts are predicting for Liberty SiriusXM Group in this interactive graph of future profit estimates.

We regret to report that Liberty SiriusXM Group shareholders are down 22% for the year. Unfortunately, that's worse than the broader market decline of 18%. Having said that, it's inevitable that some stocks will be oversold in a falling market. The key is to keep your eyes on the fundamental developments. Regrettably, last year's performance caps off a bad run, with the shareholders facing a total loss of 2% per year over five years. We realise that Baron Rothschild has said investors should "buy when there is blood on the streets", but we caution that investors should first be sure they are buying a high quality business. It's always interesting to track share price performance over the longer term. But to understand Liberty SiriusXM Group better, we need to consider many other factors. Like risks, for instance. Every company has them, and we've spotted 3 warning signs for Liberty SiriusXM Group (of which 1 is significant!) you should know about.

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

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Liberty SiriusXM Group (NASDAQ:LSXM.K) shareholders have endured a 22% loss from investing in the stock a year ago - Simply Wall St