Yahoo Finance What Should Investors Know About The Future Of Griffin Mining Limited's (LON:GFM)?
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As Griffin Mining Limited (LON:GFM) announced its earnings release on 31 December 2018, analyst forecasts seem fairly subdued, with profits predicted to rise by -35% next year relative to the higher past 5-year average growth rate of 53%. Currently with trailing-twelve-month earnings of US$25m, we can expect this to reach US$16m by 2020. Below is a brief commentary on the longer term outlook the market has for Griffin Mining. Investors wanting to learn more about other aspects of the company should research its fundamentals here.
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How is Griffin Mining going to perform in the near future?
The longer term view from the 1 analysts covering GFM is one of positive sentiment. Given that it becomes hard to forecast far into the future, broker analysts tend to project ahead roughly three years. 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.
This results in an annual growth rate of 26% based on the most recent earnings level of US$25m to the final forecast of US$48m by 2022. EPS reaches $0.28 in the final year of forecast compared to the current $0.15 EPS today. With a current profit margin of 26%, this movement will result in a margin of 31% by 2022.
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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 Griffin Mining 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 Griffin Mining is currently mispriced by the market.
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