Yahoo Finance What Are Analysts Expecting From Vital Healthcare Property Trust (NZSE:VHP) Over The Next Year?
On 30 June 2019, Vital Healthcare Property Trust (NZSE:VHP) announced its latest earnings update. Overall, analyst consensus outlook appear bearish, with profits predicted to drop by 14% next year compared with the past 5-year average growth rate of 15%. Currently with a trailing-twelve-month profit of NZ$93m, the consensus growth rate suggests that earnings will drop to NZ$81m by 2020. I will provide a brief commentary around the figures and analyst expectations in the near term. For those interested in more of an analysis of the company, you can research its fundamentals here.
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What can we expect from Vital Healthcare Property Trust in the longer term?
Over the next three years, it seems the consensus view of the 4 analysts covering VHP is skewed towards the negative sentiment. Generally, broker analysts tend to make predictions for up to three years given the lack of visibility beyond this point. 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 -8.1% based on the most recent earnings level of NZ$93m to the final forecast of NZ$70m by 2022. This leads to an EPS of NZ$0.14 in the final year of projections relative to the current EPS of NZ$0.21. Earnings decline appears to be a result of cost outpacing top line growth of 2.0% over the next few years. Furthermore, the current 84% margin is expected to contract to 61% by the end of 2022.
Next Steps:
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