The most you can lose on any stock (assuming you don’t use leverage) is 100% of your money. But on a lighter note, a good company can see its share price rise well over 100%. Long term Intact Financial Corporation (TSE:IFC) shareholders would be well aware of this, since the stock is up 121% in five years. In the last week shares have slid back 1.7%.
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.
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