Yahoo Finance Overstock.com, Inc. (NASDAQ:OSTK) Analysts Just Slashed This Year's Estimates
Market forces rained on the parade of Overstock.com, Inc. (NASDAQ:OSTK) shareholders today, when the analysts downgraded their forecasts for this year. Revenue and earnings per share (EPS) forecasts were both revised downwards, with the analysts seeing grey clouds on the horizon.
Following the downgrade, the consensus from seven analysts covering Overstock.com is for revenues of US$2.1b in 2022, implying a chunky 12% decline in sales compared to the last 12 months. Statutory earnings per share are supposed to dive 32% to US$0.64 in the same period. Before this latest update, the analysts had been forecasting revenues of US$2.4b and earnings per share (EPS) of US$1.34 in 2022. Indeed, we can see that the analysts are a lot more bearish about Overstock.com's prospects, administering a substantial drop in revenue estimates and slashing their EPS estimates to boot.
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The consensus price target fell 16% to US$62.40, with the weaker earnings outlook clearly leading analyst valuation estimates. It could also be instructive to look at the range of analyst estimates, to evaluate how different the outlier opinions are from the mean. The most optimistic Overstock.com analyst has a price target of US$116 per share, while the most pessimistic values it at US$35.00. As you can see the range of estimates is wide, with the lowest valuation coming in at less than half the most bullish estimate, suggesting there are some strongly diverging views on how think this business will perform. With this in mind, we wouldn't rely too heavily on the consensus price target, as it is just an average and analysts clearly have some deeply divergent views on the business.
One way to get more context on these forecasts is to look at how they compare to both past performance, and how other companies in the same industry are performing. These estimates imply that sales are expected to slow, with a forecast annualised revenue decline of 23% by the end of 2022. This indicates a significant reduction from annual growth of 11% over the last five years. By contrast, our data suggests that other companies (with analyst coverage) in the same industry are forecast to see their revenue grow 13% annually for the foreseeable future. So although its revenues are forecast to shrink, this cloud does not come with a silver lining - Overstock.com is expected to lag the wider industry.
The Bottom Line
The biggest issue in the new estimates is that analysts have reduced their earnings per share estimates, suggesting business headwinds lay ahead for Overstock.com. Regrettably, they also downgraded their revenue estimates, and the latest forecasts imply the business will grow sales slower than the wider market. Given the scope of the downgrades, it would not be a surprise to see the market become more wary of the business.
After a downgrade like this, it's pretty clear that previous forecasts were too optimistic. What's more, we've spotted several possible issues with Overstock.com's business, like its declining profit margins. Learn more, and discover the 2 other risks we've identified, for free on our platform here.
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