Yahoo Finance What Are Analysts Saying About Eddie Stobart Logistics plc's (LON:ESL) Future?
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Looking at Eddie Stobart Logistics plc's (LON:ESL) earnings update in November 2018, analyst consensus outlook appear vastly optimistic, with profits predicted to ramp up by an impressive 73% next year, against the previous 5-year average growth rate of 28%. Presently, with latest-twelve-month earnings at UK£16m, we should see this growing to UK£28m by 2020. Below is a brief commentary on the longer term outlook the market has for Eddie Stobart Logistics. For those interested in more of an analysis of the company, you can research its fundamentals here.
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What can we expect from Eddie Stobart Logistics in the longer term?
The longer term view from the 4 analysts covering ESL is one of positive sentiment. Generally, broker analysts tend to make predictions for up to three years given the lack of visibility beyond this point. To get an idea of the overall earnings growth trend for ESL, I’ve plotted out each year’s earnings expectations and inserted a line of best fit to determine an annual rate of growth from the slope of this line.
This results in an annual growth rate of 16% based on the most recent earnings level of UK£16m to the final forecast of UK£34m by 2022. This leads to an EPS of £0.089 in the final year of projections relative to the current EPS of £0.044. With a current profit margin of 1.9%, this movement will result in a margin of 3.2% by 2022.
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