How Do Analysts See Shandong Weigao Group Medical Polymer Company Limited (HKG:1066) Performing In The Next 12 Months?
As Shandong Weigao Group Medical Polymer Company Limited (HKG:1066) released its earnings announcement on 31 December 2018, analysts seem fairly confident, as a 21% increase in profits is expected in the upcoming year, compared with the past 5-year average growth rate of 18%. By 2020, we can expect Shandong Weigao Group Medical Polymer’s bottom line to reach CN¥1.8b, a jump from the current trailing-twelve-month of CN¥1.5b. Below is a brief commentary around Shandong Weigao Group Medical Polymer's earnings outlook going forward, which may give you a sense of market sentiment for the company. Investors wanting to learn more about other aspects of the company should research its fundamentals here.
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What can we expect from Shandong Weigao Group Medical Polymer in the longer term?
The 10 analysts covering 1066 view its longer term outlook with a positive sentiment. Since forecasting becomes more difficult further into the future, broker analysts generally project out to around three years. To get an idea of the overall earnings growth trend for 1066, I’ve plotted out each year’s earnings expectations and inserted a line of best fit to determine an annual rate of growth from the slope of this line.
This results in an annual growth rate of 15% based on the most recent earnings level of CN¥1.5b to the final forecast of CN¥2.3b by 2022. This leads to an EPS of CN¥0.50 in the final year of projections relative to the current EPS of CN¥0.33. In 2022, 1066's profit margin will have expanded from 17% to 20%.
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