Yahoo Finance Analysts Just Shipped A Substantial Upgrade To Their Frasers Group plc (LON:FRAS) Estimates
Frasers Group plc (LON:FRAS) shareholders will have a reason to smile today, with the analysts making substantial upgrades to this year's statutory forecasts. Consensus estimates suggest investors could expect greatly increased statutory revenues and earnings per share, with the analysts modelling a real improvement in business performance.
After this upgrade, Frasers Group's three analysts are now forecasting revenues of UK£5.3b in 2023. This would be a notable 11% improvement in sales compared to the last 12 months. Per-share earnings are expected to grow 13% to UK£0.71. Before this latest update, the analysts had been forecasting revenues of UK£4.5b and earnings per share (EPS) of UK£0.54 in 2023. There has definitely been an improvement in perception recently, with the analysts substantially increasing both their earnings and revenue estimates.
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It will come as no surprise to learn that the analysts have increased their price target for Frasers Group 17% to UK£8.04 on the back of these upgrades. The consensus price target is just an average of individual analyst targets, so - it could be handy to see how wide the range of underlying estimates is. There are some variant perceptions on Frasers Group, with the most bullish analyst valuing it at UK£10.00 and the most bearish at UK£5.50 per share. There are definitely some different views on the stock, but the range of estimates is not wide enough as to imply that the situation is unforecastable, in our view.
Looking at the bigger picture now, one of the ways we can make sense of these forecasts is to see how they measure up against both past performance and industry growth estimates. It's clear from the latest estimates that Frasers Group's rate of growth is expected to accelerate meaningfully, with the forecast 11% annualised revenue growth to the end of 2023 noticeably faster than its historical growth of 5.7% p.a. over the past five years. Compare this with other companies in the same industry, which are forecast to grow their revenue 5.4% annually. It seems obvious that, while the growth outlook is brighter than the recent past, the analysts also expect Frasers Group to grow faster than the wider industry.
The Bottom Line
The biggest takeaway for us from these new estimates is that analysts upgraded their earnings per share estimates, with improved earnings power expected for this year. They also upgraded their revenue estimates for this year, and sales are expected to grow faster than the wider market. Given that the consensus looks almost universally bullish, with a substantial increase to forecasts and a higher price target, Frasers Group could be worth investigating further.
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 Frasers Group going out to 2025, 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 upgrading their estimates. So you may also wish to search this free list of stocks that insiders are buying.
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