Yahoo Finance What Should You Know About MTU Aero Engines AG's (ETR:MTX) Growth?
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As MTU Aero Engines AG (ETR:MTX) released its earnings announcement on 31 March 2019, the consensus outlook from analysts appear somewhat bearish, with earnings expected to grow by 9.2% in the upcoming year against the higher past 5-year average growth rate of 20%. With trailing-twelve-month net income at current levels of €447m, we should see this rise to €488m in 2020. I will provide a brief commentary around the figures and analyst expectations in the near term. For those keen to understand more about other aspects of the company, you can research its fundamentals here.
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How is MTU Aero Engines going to perform in the near future?
Longer term expectations from the 21 analysts covering MTX’s stock is one of positive sentiment. Since forecasting becomes more difficult further into the future, broker analysts generally project out to around three years. To understand the overall trajectory of MTX's earnings growth over these next fews years, I've fitted a line through these analyst earnings forecast to determine an annual growth rate from the slope.
This results in an annual growth rate of 7.4% based on the most recent earnings level of €447m to the final forecast of €584m by 2022. EPS reaches €11.37 in the final year of forecast compared to the current €8.67 EPS today. Margins are currently sitting at 9.8%, which is expected to expand to 11% by 2022.
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