Yahoo Finance Vaisala Oyj (HEL:VAIAS): Set To Experience A Decrease In Earnings?
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Looking at Vaisala Oyj's (HEL:VAIAS) earnings update in March 2019, analyst forecasts seem bearish, with profits predicted to drop by 1.1% next year compared with the past 5-year average growth rate of 15%. Currently with a trailing-twelve-month profit of €30m, the consensus growth rate suggests that earnings will drop to €29m by 2020. Below is a brief commentary on the longer term outlook the market has for Vaisala Oyj. Readers that are interested in understanding the company beyond these figures should research its fundamentals here.
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How is Vaisala Oyj going to perform in the near future?
The view from 3 analysts over the next three years is one of positive sentiment. Since forecasting becomes more difficult further into the future, broker analysts generally project out to around three years. 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.
By 2022, VAIAS's earnings should reach €38m, from current levels of €30m, resulting in an annual growth rate of 10%. This leads to an EPS of €0.92 in the final year of projections relative to the current EPS of €0.82. Margins are currently sitting at 8.5%, which is expected to expand to 9.0% by 2022.
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