Consider two corporations, Ansoft and Singdale. Suppose that, as of today, Ansoft has a $1$year holding period return $($HPR$)$ of $26\%$ and Singdale has a $5$year HPR of $10\%.$

Based on the holding period returns, which of the following is true?

You cannot determine from this information whether purchasing Ansoft stock a year ago would have lead to a higher return than purchasing Singdale stock.

An investor would have definitely earned the same return from by Singdale stock a year ago as they would from buying Ansoft stock.

An investor would have definitely earned a higher return by purchasing Singdale stock a year ago, as opposed to Ansoft stock.

An investor would have definitely earned a higher return by purchasing Ansoft stock a year ago as opposed to Singdale stock.