Yahoo Finance Results: Frontier Communications Parent, Inc. Beat Earnings Expectations And Analysts Now Have New Forecasts
Frontier Communications Parent, Inc. (NASDAQ:FYBR) came out with its quarterly results last week, and we wanted to see how the business is performing and what industry forecasters think of the company following this report. Revenues were US$1.5b, approximately in line with whatthe analysts expected, although statutory earnings per share (EPS) crushed expectations, coming in at US$0.41, an impressive 76% ahead of estimates. Earnings are an important time for investors, as they can track a company's performance, look at what the analysts are forecasting for next year, and see if there's been a change in sentiment towards the company. With this in mind, we've gathered the latest statutory forecasts to see what the analysts are expecting for next year.
View our latest analysis for Frontier Communications Parent
Taking into account the latest results, the eleven analysts covering Frontier Communications Parent provided consensus estimates of US$5.79b revenue in 2022, which would reflect a discernible 6.4% decline on its sales over the past 12 months. Statutory earnings per share are forecast to tumble 95% to US$1.07 in the same period. Before this earnings report, the analysts had been forecasting revenues of US$5.78b and earnings per share (EPS) of US$0.81 in 2022. There was no real change to the revenue estimates, but the analysts do seem more bullish on earnings, given the great increase in earnings per share expectations following these results.
There's been no major changes to the consensus price target of US$48.27, suggesting that the improved earnings per share outlook is not enough to have a long-term positive impact on the stock'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. The most optimistic Frontier Communications Parent analyst has a price target of US$126 per share, while the most pessimistic values it at US$25.00. 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 analysts think this business will perform. With this in mind, we wouldn't rely too heavily the consensus price target, as it is just an average and analysts clearly have some deeply divergent views on the business.
Of course, another way to look at these forecasts is to place them into context against the industry itself. Over the past five years, revenues have declined around 8.7% annually. Worse, forecasts are essentially predicting the decline to accelerate, with the estimate for an annualised 12% decline in revenue until the end of 2022. By contrast, our data suggests that other companies (with analyst coverage) in a similar industry are forecast to see their revenue grow 1.6% per year. So it's pretty clear that, while it does have declining revenues, the analysts also expect Frontier Communications Parent to suffer worse than the wider industry.
The Bottom Line
The most important thing here is that the analysts upgraded their earnings per share estimates, suggesting that there has been a clear increase in optimism towards Frontier Communications Parent following these results. On the plus side, there were no major changes to revenue estimates; although forecasts imply revenues will perform worse than the wider industry. There was no real change to the consensus price target, suggesting that the intrinsic value of the business has not undergone any major changes with the latest estimates.
Keeping that in mind, we still think that the longer term trajectory of the business is much more important for investors to consider. We have estimates - from multiple Frontier Communications Parent analysts - going out to 2024, and you can see them free on our platform here.
You should always think about risks though. Case in point, we've spotted 3 warning signs for Frontier Communications Parent you should be aware of, and 2 of them are a bit concerning.
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