The most you can lose on any stock (assuming you don’t use leverage) is 100% of your money. But on the bright side, if you buy shares in a high quality company at the right price, you can gain well over 100%. Long term Fastned B.V. (AMS:FAST) shareholders would be well aware of this, since the stock is up 109% in five years. In the last week the share price is up 5.5%.

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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Fastned B.V isn’t currently profitable, so most analysts would look to revenue growth to get an idea of how fast the underlying business is growing. Generally speaking, companies without profits are expected to grow revenue every year, and at a good clip. As you can imagine, fast revenue growth, when maintained, often leads to fast profit growth.

In the last 5 years Fastned B.V saw its revenue grow at 52% per year. That’s well above most pre-profit companies. Meanwhile, its share price performance certainly reflects the strong growth, given the share price grew at 16% per year, compound, during the period. So it seems likely that buyers have paid attention to the strong revenue growth. Fastned B.V seems like a high growth stock – so growth investors might want to add it to their watchlist.

The company’s revenue and earnings (over time) are depicted in the image below (click to see the exact numbers).

It’s probably worth noting that the CEO is paid less than the median at similar sized companies. But while CEO remuneration is always worth checking, the really important question is whether the company can grow earnings going forward. So we recommend checking out this free report showing consensus forecasts

The total return of 1.9% received by Fastned B.V shareholders over the last year isn’t far from the market return of -2.0%. The silver lining is that longer term investors would have made a total return of 16% per year over half a decade. If the stock price has been impacted by changing sentiment, rather than deteriorating business conditions, it could spell opportunity. You might want to assess this data-rich visualization of its earnings, revenue and cash flow.

If you would prefer to check out another company — one with potentially superior financials — then do not miss this free list of companies that have proven they can grow earnings.