Yahoo Finance How Do Analysts See James Fisher and Sons plc (LON:FSJ) Performing In The Year Ahead?
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After James Fisher and Sons plc's (LON:FSJ) earnings announcement in December 2018, analysts seem fairly confident, with earnings expected to grow by 4.1% in the upcoming year against the past 5-year average growth rate of 1.7%. Presently, with latest-twelve-month earnings at UK£45m, we should see this growing to UK£47m by 2020. I will provide a brief commentary around the figures and analyst expectations in the near term. Investors wanting to learn more about other aspects of the company should research its fundamentals here.
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Can we expect James Fisher and Sons to keep growing?
The 4 analysts covering FSJ view its longer term outlook with a positive sentiment. Given that it becomes hard to forecast far into the future, broker analysts tend to project ahead roughly three years. To understand the overall trajectory of FSJ's earnings growth over these next fews years, I've fitted a line through these analyst earnings forecast to determine an annual growth rate from the slope.
From the current net income level of UK£45m and the final forecast of UK£54m by 2022, the annual rate of growth for FSJ’s earnings is 6.6%. This leads to an EPS of £1.08 in the final year of projections relative to the current EPS of £0.89. Margins are currently sitting at 8.0%, which is expected to expand to 8.3% by 2022.
Next Steps:
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