Yahoo Finance Rainbows and Unicorns: Alvopetro Energy Ltd. (CVE:ALV) Analysts Just Became A Lot More Optimistic
Alvopetro Energy Ltd. (CVE:ALV) shareholders will have a reason to smile today, with the analysts making substantial upgrades to this year's statutory forecasts. The analysts greatly increased their revenue estimates, suggesting a stark improvement in business fundamentals. The stock price has risen 5.5% to CA$5.80 over the past week, suggesting investors are becoming more optimistic. It will be interesting to see if this latest upgrade is enough to kickstart further buying interest in the stock.
After the upgrade, the dual analysts covering Alvopetro Energy are now predicting revenues of US$64m in 2022. If met, this would reflect a substantial 66% improvement in sales compared to the last 12 months. Per-share earnings are expected to leap 98% to US$1.10. Previously, the analysts had been modelling revenues of US$56m and earnings per share (EPS) of US$0.92 in 2022. There has definitely been an improvement in perception recently, with the analysts substantially increasing both their earnings and revenue estimates.
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These estimates are interesting, but it can be useful to paint some more broad strokes when seeing how forecasts compare, both to the Alvopetro Energy's past performance and to peers in the same industry. We can infer from the latest estimates that forecasts expect a continuation of Alvopetro Energy'shistorical trends, as the 96% annualised revenue growth to the end of 2022 is roughly in line with the 81% annual revenue growth over the past five years. Compare this with the broader industry, which analyst estimates (in aggregate) suggest will see revenues grow 0.4% annually. So although Alvopetro Energy is expected to maintain its revenue growth rate, it's definitely expected to grow faster than the wider industry.
The Bottom Line
The most important thing to take away from this upgrade is that analysts upgraded their earnings per share estimates for this year, expecting improving business conditions. Fortunately, analysts also upgraded their revenue estimates, and our data indicates sales are expected to perform better than the wider market. The clear improvement in sentiment should be enough to get most shareholders feeling more optimistic about Alvopetro Energy's future.
With that said, the long-term trajectory of the company's earnings is a lot more important than next year. We have analyst estimates for Alvopetro Energy going out as far as 2024, and you can see them free on our platform here.
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