Yahoo Finance Analysts Just Made A Major Revision To Their Centerra Gold Inc. (TSE:CG) Revenue Forecasts
The analysts covering Centerra Gold Inc. (TSE:CG) delivered a dose of negativity to shareholders today, by making a substantial revision to their statutory forecasts for this year. This report focused on revenue estimates, and it looks as though the consensus view of the business has become substantially more conservative.
Following the latest downgrade, the five analysts covering Centerra Gold provided consensus estimates of US$1.1b revenue in 2021, which would reflect a painful 43% decline on its sales over the past 12 months. Statutory earnings per share are anticipated to dive 49% to US$1.14 in the same period. Before this latest update, the analysts had been forecasting revenues of US$1.2b and earnings per share (EPS) of US$1.52 in 2021. It looks like analyst sentiment has declined substantially, with a substantial drop in revenue estimates and a pretty serious decline to earnings per share numbers as well.
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Despite the cuts to forecast earnings, there was no real change to the US$8.51 price target, showing that the analysts don't think the changes have a meaningful impact on its intrinsic value. That's not the only conclusion we can draw from this data however, as some investors also like to consider the spread in estimates when evaluating analyst price targets. The most optimistic Centerra Gold analyst has a price target of US$13.93 per share, while the most pessimistic values it at US$9.23. This shows there is still some diversity in estimates, but analysts don't appear to be totally split on the stock as though it might be a success or failure situation.
These estimates are interesting, but it can be useful to paint some more broad strokes when seeing how forecasts compare, both to the Centerra Gold's past performance and to peers in the same industry. These estimates imply that sales are expected to slow, with a forecast annualised revenue decline of 68% by the end of 2021. This indicates a significant reduction from annual growth of 15% over the last five years. By contrast, our data suggests that other companies (with analyst coverage) in the same industry are forecast to see their revenue grow 3.6% annually for the foreseeable future. So although its revenues are forecast to shrink, this cloud does not come with a silver lining - Centerra Gold is expected to lag the wider industry.
The Bottom Line
The biggest issue in the new estimates is that analysts have reduced their earnings per share estimates, suggesting business headwinds lay ahead for Centerra Gold. Unfortunately analysts also downgraded their revenue estimates, and industry data suggests that Centerra Gold's revenues are expected to grow slower than the wider market. Often, one downgrade can set off a daisy-chain of cuts, especially if an industry is in decline. So we wouldn't be surprised if the market became a lot more cautious on Centerra Gold after today.
Still, the long-term prospects of the business are much more relevant than next year's earnings. At Simply Wall St, we have a full range of analyst estimates for Centerra Gold going out to 2023, and you can see them free on our platform here.
Of course, seeing company management invest large sums of money in a stock can be just as useful as knowing whether analysts are downgrading their estimates. So you may also wish to search this free list of stocks that insiders are buying.
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