During five years of share price growth, Brickworks actually saw its EPS drop 2.4% per year. The impact of extraordinary items on earnings, in the last year, partially explain the diversion.
In the case of Colgate-Palmolive, it has a TSR of 59% for the last 5 years. That exceeds its share price return that we previously mentioned. The dividends paid by the company have thusly boosted the ...