Yahoo Finance Polypipe Group plc (LON:PLP): Will The Growth Last?
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After Polypipe Group plc's (LON:PLP) earnings announcement in December 2018, it seems that analyst expectations are fairly bearish, as a 17% rise in profits is expected in the upcoming year, compared with the higher past 5-year average growth rate of 23%. By 2020, we can expect Polypipe Group’s bottom line to reach UK£57m, a jump from the current trailing-twelve-month of UK£49m. Below is a brief commentary around Polypipe Group's earnings outlook going forward, which may give you a sense of market sentiment for the company. Investors wanting to learn more about other aspects of the company should research its fundamentals here.
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What can we expect from Polypipe Group in the longer term?
Longer term expectations from the 7 analysts covering PLP’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 get an idea of the overall earnings growth trend for PLP, 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.
This results in an annual growth rate of 8.6% based on the most recent earnings level of UK£49m to the final forecast of UK£65m by 2022. This leads to an EPS of £0.33 in the final year of projections relative to the current EPS of £0.25. Margins are currently sitting at 11%, which is expected to expand to 13% by 2022.
Next Steps:
Future outlook is only one aspect when you're building an investment case for a stock. For Polypipe Group, I've compiled three key 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 Polypipe Group 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 Polypipe Group is currently mispriced by the market.
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