Yahoo Finance Need To Know: Analysts Are Much More Bullish On The Andersons, Inc. (NASDAQ:ANDE)
Celebrations may be in order for The Andersons, Inc. (NASDAQ:ANDE) shareholders, with the analysts delivering a significant upgrade to their statutory estimates for the company. The consensus statutory numbers for both revenue and earnings per share (EPS) increased, with their view clearly much more bullish on the company's business prospects. The stock price has risen 4.9% to US$37.95 over the past week, suggesting investors are becoming more optimistic. Whether the upgrade is enough to drive the stock price higher is yet to be seen, however.
Following the upgrade, the latest consensus from Andersons' four analysts is for revenues of US$16b in 2022, which would reflect a satisfactory 4.0% improvement in sales compared to the last 12 months. Statutory earnings per share are anticipated to decrease 4.5% to US$3.81 in the same period. Prior to this update, the analysts had been forecasting revenues of US$14b and earnings per share (EPS) of US$2.53 in 2022. There has definitely been an improvement in perception recently, with the analysts substantially increasing both their earnings and revenue estimates.
Check out our latest analysis for Andersons
Although the analysts have upgraded their earnings estimates, there was no change to the consensus price target of US$52.50, suggesting that the forecast performance does not have a long term impact on the company's valuation. There's another way to think about price targets though, and that's to look at the range of price targets put forward by analysts, because a wide range of estimates could suggest a diverse view on possible outcomes for the business. Currently, the most bullish analyst values Andersons at US$60.00 per share, while the most bearish prices it at US$45.00. The narrow spread of estimates could suggest that the business' future is relatively easy to value, or that the analysts have a clear view on its prospects.
Looking at the bigger picture now, one of the ways we can make sense of these forecasts is to see how they measure up against both past performance and industry growth estimates. We would highlight that Andersons' revenue growth is expected to slow, with the forecast 8.2% annualised growth rate until the end of 2022 being well below the historical 31% p.a. growth over the last five years. Juxtapose this against the other companies in the industry with analyst coverage, which are forecast to grow their revenues (in aggregate) 4.4% per year. Even after the forecast slowdown in growth, it seems obvious that Andersons is also expected to grow faster than the wider industry.
The Bottom Line
The biggest takeaway for us from these new estimates is that analysts upgraded their earnings per share estimates, with improved earnings power expected for this year. Fortunately, analysts also upgraded their revenue estimates, and our data indicates sales are expected to perform better than the wider market. Some investors might be disappointed to see that the price target is unchanged, but we feel that improving fundamentals are usually a positive - assuming these forecasts are met! So Andersons could be a good candidate for more research.
Analysts are clearly in love with Andersons at the moment, but before diving in - you should be aware that we've identified some warning flags with the business, such as dilutive stock issuance over the past year. For more information, you can click through to our platform to learn more about this and the 2 other warning signs we've identified .
Of course, seeing company management invest large sums of money in a stock can be just as useful as knowing whether analysts are upgrading their estimates. So you may also wish to search this free list of stocks that insiders are buying.
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