Yahoo Finance Autogrill S.p.A. (BIT:AGL): What Can We Expect From This High Growth Stock?
Autogrill S.p.A.'s (BIT:AGL) latest earnings update in December 2018 revealed that the company endured a significant headwind with earnings deteriorating by -29%. Today I want to provide a brief commentary on how market analysts perceive Autogrill's earnings growth outlook over the next few years and whether the future looks brighter. I will be looking at earnings excluding extraordinary items to exclude one-off activities to get a better understanding of the underlying drivers of earnings.
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Market analysts' consensus outlook for this coming year seems optimistic, with earnings rising by a significant 71%. This strong growth in earnings is expected to continue, bringing the bottom line up to €153m by 2022.
Even though it is helpful to understand the growth each year relative to today’s value, it may be more beneficial estimating the rate at which the business is rising or falling every year, on average. The advantage of this technique is that it removes the impact of near term flucuations and accounts for the overarching direction of Autogrill's earnings trajectory over time, which may be more relevant for long term investors. To calculate this rate, I've appended a line of best fit through the forecasted earnings by market analysts. The slope of this line is the rate of earnings growth, which in this case is 25%. This means that, we can presume Autogrill will grow its earnings by 25% every year for the next few years.
Next Steps:
For Autogrill, I've put together three important factors you should further examine:
Financial Health: Does it have a healthy balance sheet? Take a look at our free balance sheet analysis with six simple checks on key factors like leverage and risk.
Valuation: What is AGL worth today? Is the stock undervalued, even when its growth outlook is factored into its intrinsic value? The intrinsic value infographic in our free research report helps visualize whether AGL is currently mispriced by the market.
Other High-Growth Alternatives: Are there other high-growth stocks you could be holding instead of AGL? Explore our interactive list of stocks with large growth potential to get an idea of what else is out there you may be missing!
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