We think all investors should try to buy and hold high quality multi-year winners. And highest quality companies can see their share prices grow by huge amounts. Don't believe it? Then look at the Comstock Holding Companies, Inc. (NASDAQ:CHCI) share price. It's 412% higher than it was five years ago. This just goes to show the value creation that some businesses can achieve. It's also good to see the share price up 82% over the last quarter.

Since it's been a strong week for Comstock Holding Companies shareholders, let's have a look at trend of the longer term fundamentals.

Check out our latest analysis for Comstock Holding Companies

While the efficient markets hypothesis continues to be taught by some, it has been proven that markets are over-reactive dynamic systems, and investors are not always rational. One way to examine how market sentiment has changed over time is to look at the interaction between a company's share price and its earnings per share (EPS).

During five years of share price growth, Comstock Holding Companies achieved compound earnings per share (EPS) growth of 24% per year. This EPS growth is lower than the 39% average annual increase in the share price. This suggests that market participants hold the company in higher regard, these days. That's not necessarily surprising considering the five-year track record of earnings growth.

You can see below how EPS has changed over time (discover the exact values by clicking on the image).

This free interactive report on Comstock Holding Companies' earnings, revenue and cash flow is a great place to start, if you want to investigate the stock further.

A Different Perspective

It's good to see that Comstock Holding Companies has rewarded shareholders with a total shareholder return of 155% in the last twelve months. That's better than the annualised return of 39% over half a decade, implying that the company is doing better recently. In the best case scenario, this may hint at some real business momentum, implying that now could be a great time to delve deeper. 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. For example, we've discovered 2 warning signs for Comstock Holding Companies that you should be aware of before investing here.

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.