Yahoo Finance What Do Analysts Think About L'Air Liquide S.A.'s (EPA:AI) Growth?
Looking at L'Air Liquide S.A.'s (EPA:AI) earnings update in December 2018, analyst consensus outlook appear cautiously optimistic, as a 9.9% increase in profits is expected in the upcoming year, compared with the past 5-year average growth rate of 7.4%. Presently, with latest-twelve-month earnings at €2.1b, we should see this growing to €2.3b by 2020. Below is a brief commentary around L'Air Liquide S.A's earnings outlook going forward, which may give you a sense of market sentiment for the company. For those interested in more of an analysis of the company, you can research its fundamentals here.
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How will L'Air Liquide S.A perform in the near future?
The longer term expectations from the 18 analysts of AI is tilted towards the positive sentiment. Broker analysts tend to forecast up to three years ahead due to a lack of clarity around the business trajectory beyond this. To reduce the year-on-year volatility of analyst earnings forecast, I've inserted a line of best fit through the expected earnings figures to determine the annual growth rate from the slope of the line.
By 2022, AI's earnings should reach €2.8b, from current levels of €2.1b, resulting in an annual growth rate of 10%. EPS reaches €6.42 in the final year of forecast compared to the current €4.95 EPS today. Margins are currently sitting at 10%, which is expected to expand to 12% by 2022.
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