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 Shapir Engineering and Industry Ltd (TLV:SPEN) shareholders would be well aware of this, since the stock is up 141% in five years. It's even up 7.7% in the last week. But this might be partly because the broader market had a good week last week, gaining 4.4%.

Since the stock has added 671m to its market cap in the past week alone, let's see if underlying performance has been driving long-term returns.

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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 imperfect but simple way to consider how the market perception of a company has shifted is to compare the change in the earnings per share (EPS) with the share price movement.

Over half a decade, Shapir Engineering and Industry managed to grow its earnings per share at 4.4% a year. This EPS growth is lower than the 19% average annual increase in the share price. So it's fair to assume the market has a higher opinion of the business than it did five years ago. And that's hardly shocking given the track record of growth.

The image below shows how EPS has tracked over time (if you click on the image you can see greater detail).

It might be well worthwhile taking a look at our free report on Shapir Engineering and Industry's earnings, revenue and cash flow.

It is important to consider the total shareholder return, as well as the share price return, for any given stock. The TSR is a return calculation that accounts for the value of cash dividends (assuming that any dividend received was reinvested) and the calculated value of any discounted capital raisings and spin-offs. So for companies that pay a generous dividend, the TSR is often a lot higher than the share price return. We note that for Shapir Engineering and Industry the TSR over the last 5 years was 152%, which is better than the share price return mentioned above. This is largely a result of its dividend payments!

Although it hurts that Shapir Engineering and Industry returned a loss of 3.5% in the last twelve months, the broader market was actually worse, returning a loss of 10%. Longer term investors wouldn't be so upset, since they would have made 20%, each year, over five years. It could be that the business is just facing some short term problems, but shareholders should keep a close eye on the fundamentals. 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. Case in point: We've spotted 3 warning signs for Shapir Engineering and Industry you should be aware of, and 1 of them is a bit unpleasant.

We will like Shapir Engineering and Industry better if we see some big insider buys. While we wait, check out this free list of growing companies with considerable, recent, insider buying.

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

Find out whether Shapir Engineering and Industry is potentially over or undervalued by checking out our comprehensive analysis, which includes fair value estimates, risks and warnings, dividends, insider transactions and financial health.

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To meet the UKs 2050 net zero targets and transition to a low-carbon economy, almost complete decarbonisation of the UKs housing stock is needed.

The race to net zero is heating up. At Ideal Heating, were engineering a greener future. Here, I discuss the vital role of manufacturers in the shift to renewable heating technologies

The Office for National Statistics reported in August 2022 that over a quarter of UK carbon emissions are produced by the nations 25 million homes.

That means decarbonising homes and supporting the drive to a net zero economy will require a transition from traditional gas boilers.

In response to this challenge, the Government has set a target of 600,000 heat pumps to be installed in UK homes annually by 2028. Thats a very ambitious goal, but we will do all we can to contribute.

At Ideal Heating, were rapidly transforming our business and the products we manufacture to support the transition to net zero.

Recently we launched Logic Air our new monobloc heat pump for the domestic market. This flagship new product represents a substantial investment from Ideal Heating in our technology, people and operations.

For generations, weve been at the forefront of the UK heating industry, and our market-leading boilers have kept homes warm and dry for over 100 years.

Now its time to hand the baton over to products such as Logic Air. Designed to deliver efficient, reliable low carbon heating, Logic Air will be a vital piece of the jigsaw as homes are converted from gas to renewable sources of energy.

We know heat pumps arent the only solution. A combination of technologies and products will be needed to decarbonise UK homes.

But were confident that Logic Air will become a staple at the heart of peoples homes, as our boilers have been for decades.

Behind all our products, including Logic Air, is a suite of a wealth of experience and expertise combined with world-class technology, customer support and training.

Our UK-based customer support team helps customers 364 days a year, providing a rapid, efficient response to their needs.

Theyre supported by a network of over 150 service engineers, providing a same or next-day response to customers nationwide.

It means if you need any help or support, well provide it quickly and get you back up and running.

To meet the ambitious targets set by the Government, the UK will need a network of skilled, low-carbon engineers.

However, the industry has acknowledged a shortage of installers with the skills and experience to fit heat pumps.

Were playing our part in bridging the skills gap by creating a best-in-class learning environment at our new National Training and Technology Centre in Hessle, East Yorkshire.

Our sector-leading facility will train up to 5,000 engineers annually in green technologies, driving the heating industry forward.

The heating industry is deeply committed to the net zero agenda and moving at pace to make the required changes.

It means manufacturers such as Ideal Heating must reshape our entire business operations in a very short space of time.

Investment must be made in skills, training, equipment and resources to ramp up heat pump manufacturing and servicing. At Ideal Heating, were investing 60 million at our site in Hull in new facilities to support the transition to heat pumps.

But our message is clear the targets which have been set can only be achieved by working with manufacturers.

This transition will not be achieved if unrealistic conditions and punitive measures are put in place which deter investment and create additional pressures in an already fiercely- competitive business environment.

The challenges of climate change unite all of us. Only by working together and by the Government and other stakeholders understanding the challenges faced by the heating industry will we succeed in changing how our homes are heated.

At Ideal Heating, we have the expertise and the experience to help customers and partners in the low-carbon transition.

Ideal Heatings parent company, Groupe Atlantic, is a European heat pump market leader. Working closely with our colleagues in France, were sharing knowledge and know-how in the renewable heating technologies which will heat our homes for generations to come.

Our industry expertise spans world-class training, exceptional customer support, pioneering research and development and decades of experience manufacturing reliable, efficient heating products.

Were the UK leader in both the domestic and commercial heating markets, and now were playing our part in the next chapter.

The future is greener, and Ideal Heating is right at the heart of it.

Providing heating solutions for over 100 years, Ideal Heating has been supplying domestic and commercial markets since 1906 Ideal Commercial Boilers is the UKs market leader of high efficiency commercial heating solutions. Operating from our Hull manufacturing plant and offices since 1906, we are one of the few true British manufacturers left in the heating []

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Bob Myers has joined the Ackerman-Estvold Minot office as a full-time civil drafter/designer. Dylan Weber has been promoted at the firm to senior water resources engineer.

Myers earned an associates degree in CADD Technology from Butler Community College, Butler, Pennsylvania. He has more than 20 years of related experience in design and drafting. Myers will be providing design expertise on engineering and architectural projects throughout North Dakota and Idaho.

Weber has been a part of the full-time staff with Ackerman-Estvold since 2017. He earned a bachelors degree in civil engineering from North Dakota State University, Fargo, and passed his professional engineer licenses in 2021.

Prior to graduation, Weber spent four years as an intern with the company, gaining an understanding of a variety of engineering disciplines with a focus on water resource engineering.

Weber has been actively working on water modeling and water-related project design for a diverse portfolio of projects. In this new role, Weber will manage project scope, team resources, schedules, budgets and focus on developing client relationships and consulting with clients to plan and develop strategies for their water resources needs.

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OMAHA, Neb. (AP) Tens of thousands of engineers remain frustrated with the lack of paid sick time and the demands railroads like BNSF are making in negotiations despite the deals that have been made this year for most of the other rail unions.

The lack of sick time and other quality of life concerns about the demanding schedules train crews work took center stage in the negotiations last fall that reached the brink of a strike before Congress intervened and blocked a walkout.

The Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and Trainmen union says the railroads are still asking for too much in return for sick time instead of just providing the basic benefit it believes workers are entitled to.

They want to take the money out of our pocket somewhere else and give it back to us in the form of sick time, said Rob Cunningham, one of the BLET's general chairmen who is leading the negotiations with BNSF.

The BLET's frustrations generally extend to all the major freight railroads, but Cunningham said BNSF seemed to be acting especially hard headed in talks last week.

The Fort Worth, Texas, based railroad is in the spotlight this weekend because it is owned by Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway and thousands of adoring shareholders filled an arena in Omaha, Nebraska, Saturday to listen to him answer questions.

Buffett didn't face any questions about the way BNSF is treating its workers, but Buffett takes an extremely hands-off approach to Berkshire's companies and largely lets them run themselves. In the past, he has declined to get involved in labor negotiations at subsidiaries.

You would think with something as easy as paid sick time, he could just say: Do it. We need to do this. This is the right thing to do," Cunningham said about Buffett, who is also a major philanthropist.

But clearly he doesnt practice what he preaches," Cunningham said.

BNSF spokeswoman Lena Kent said the railroad has already reached deals to provide sick leave to more than 6,000 of its employees at eight of its unions, and it is our intention to ultimately have agreements in place covering our entire scheduled workforce.

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Across the industry, CSX has led the way by reaching agreements with most of its unions on sick time. Norfolk Southern and Union Pacific have also announced several sick time deals. Most of these deals provide workers with four days of paid sick time and give them the option to convert three leave days into sick time to give workers a total of seven sick days a year.

CSX is determined to ensure that all employees feel valued, respected, appreciated and operate as one team, spokeswoman Sheriee Bowman said.

Most of those other deals that have been announced focus on smaller unions that do maintenance and repair work along the rails and generally have more regular schedules. The conductors' union the Transportation Division of the International Association of Sheet Metal, Air, Rail and Transportation Workers has reached deals with NS and CSX that include five paid sick days and the option to convert two personal leave days.

The Brotherhood of Maintenance of Way Employes Division Union that represents track maintenance workers has been able to reach sick time deals with UP, CSX and Norfolk Southern, but they have had to fight to get that benefit without making concessions.

The engineers' union has yet to reach a single sick time agreement at any of the railroads.

One of the key remaining concerns for the BLET is that even where the railroads seem willing to give engineers sick time, the railroads generally still want to hold workers accountable for missing work under their strict attendance policies. So even if workers do get sick time, they may not feel free to use it because they would still be penalized for missing work although CSX has said it won't punish workers for taking sick time.

Were going to have locomotive engineers and conductors making a choice of whether to work sick and handle some of the most dangerous items that any transportation group handles, but theyre going to work sick or be subject to attendance policies, said Mark Wallace, BLETs second-highest official.

U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders who has been pressuring the railroads to give their workers sick time and tried unsuccessfully to require it when Congress was voting on the contract in December said he has been encouraged by the progress the industry has made so far.

Already more that one third of all rail workers industrywide have gained paid sick time since the start of the year. On CSX and Norfolk Southern, the portion of workers who now have sick time is closer to two-thirds.

But more needs to be done, and without concessions, the Vermont independent said.

This is something that should have been done years ago and time is long overdue for those companies to provide those benefits right now, Sanders said.

Sanders said all the publicity the railroads received last fall for refusing to provide sick time forced their hands.

At the end of the day, what the rail industry understood is its just very hard to defend record breaking profits and massive stock buybacks and then saying they dont have enough money to do what is the right and decent thing for workers and that is guarantee them paid sick days, Sanders said.

SMART-TD President Jeremy Ferguson said he hopes the agreements his union has reached with CSX and Norfolk Southern to secure five sick days will become a model for deals with the rest of the railroads. But he is also focused on trying to get conductors relief from the stringent attendance policies that have put them on call 24-7 in recent years.

Thats where we really butted heads with the carriers," Ferguson said.

The deal SMART-TD reached with Norfolk Southern last week tries to ensure conductors will know their days off in advance. Norfolk Southern spokesman Thomas Crosson said those new rules should help because conductors will generally work six days in a row followed by two days off, and each week's schedule will be more predictable.

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This story was first published May 7, 2023. It was updated May 8, 2023, to correct a typo in a quote in the fourth paragraph.

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