Yahoo Finance What Should You Know About The Future Of Bodycote plc's (LON:BOY)?
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In December 2018, Bodycote plc (LON:BOY) released its most recent earnings announcement, which confirmed that the company benefited from a slight tailwind, eventuating to a single-digit earnings growth of 6.3%. Below, I've presented key growth figures on how market analysts view Bodycote's earnings growth outlook over the next few years and whether the future looks even brighter than the past. 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 next year seems pessimistic, with earnings falling by -1.2%. But in the following year, there is a complete contrast in performance, with arriving at double digit 4.2% compared to today’s level and continues to increase to UK£114m in 2022.
Even though it’s informative knowing the growth each year relative to today’s figure, it may be more valuable to gauge the rate at which the business is growing every year, on average. The pro of this approach is that it removes the impact of near term flucuations and accounts for the overarching direction of Bodycote's earnings trajectory over time, which may be more relevant for long term investors. To compute this rate, I put 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 4.4%. This means that, we can expect Bodycote will grow its earnings by 4.4% every year for the next couple of years.
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For Bodycote, I've compiled three fundamental factors you should further research:
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 BOY 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 BOY is currently mispriced by the market.
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