Yahoo Finance What Should You Know About Fresenius Medical Care AG & Co. KGaA's (ETR:FME) Growth?
Looking at Fresenius Medical Care AG & Co. KGaA's (ETR:FME) earnings update on 30 June 2019, the consensus outlook from analysts appear somewhat bearish, with earnings expected to grow by 4.0% in the upcoming year relative to the higher past 5-year average growth rate of 17%. By 2020, we can expect Fresenius Medical Care KGaA’s bottom line to reach €2.1b, a jump from the current trailing-twelve-month of €2.0b. Below is a brief commentary around Fresenius Medical Care KGaA's earnings outlook going forward, which may give you a sense of market sentiment for the company. For those keen to understand more about other aspects of the company, you can research its fundamentals here.
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Can we expect Fresenius Medical Care KGaA to keep growing?
Longer term expectations from the 21 analysts covering FME’s stock 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 FME, 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.
By 2022, FME's earnings should reach €2.7b, from current levels of €2.0b, resulting in an annual growth rate of 12%. However, if we exclude extraordinary items from net income, we see that earnings is projected to fall over time, resulting in an EPS of €5.66 in the final year of forecast compared to the current €6.47 EPS today. With a current profit margin of 12%, this movement will result in a margin of 13% by 2022.
Next Steps:
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