China Tian Lun Gas Holdings Limited (HKG:1600): Will The Growth Last?
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On 31 December 2018, China Tian Lun Gas Holdings Limited (HKG:1600) announced its earnings update. Overall, analysts seem extremely confident, with earnings expected to grow by a high double-digit of 56% in the upcoming year, relative to the historical 5-year average growth rate of 21%. Presently, with latest-twelve-month earnings at CN¥569m, we should see this growing to CN¥890m by 2020. Below is a brief commentary on the longer term outlook the market has for China Tian Lun Gas Holdings. Readers that are interested in understanding the company beyond these figures should research its fundamentals here.
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How is China Tian Lun Gas Holdings going to perform in the near future?
The longer term expectations from the 10 analysts of 1600 is tilted towards the positive sentiment. Given that it becomes hard to forecast far into the future, broker analysts tend to project ahead roughly three years. I've plotted out each year's earnings expectations and inserted a line of best fit to calculate an annual growth rate from the slope in order to understand the overall trajectory of 1600's earnings growth over these next few years.
From the current net income level of CN¥569m and the final forecast of CN¥1.4b by 2022, the annual rate of growth for 1600’s earnings is 28%. EPS reaches CN¥1.38 in the final year of forecast compared to the current CN¥0.58 EPS today. In 2022, 1600's profit margin will have expanded from 11% to 15%.
Next Steps:
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