Asset Plus Limited's (NZSE:APL) latest earnings update in May 2019 revealed that the company experienced a strong tailwind, leading to a double-digit earnings growth of 23%. Below, I've laid out key growth figures on how market analysts predict Asset Plus's earnings growth outlook over the next few years and whether the future looks even brighter than the past. Note that I will be looking at net income excluding extraordinary items to get a better understanding of the underlying drivers of earnings.

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Analysts' expectations for this coming year seems positive, with earnings rising by a significant 65%. This level of earnings is expected to be maintained in the following year before declining in 2022 to NZ$5.9m.

Even though it is informative understanding the growth year by year relative to today’s value, it may be more beneficial analyzing the rate at which the earnings are growing every year, on average. The benefit of this method is that we can get a bigger picture of the direction of Asset Plus's earnings trajectory over the long run, irrespective of near term fluctuations, be more volatile. To compute this rate, I've appended a line of best fit through analyst consensus of forecasted earnings. The slope of this line is the rate of earnings growth, which in this case is 8.1%. This means that, we can anticipate Asset Plus will grow its earnings by 8.1% every year for the next few years.

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1. Financial Health: Does it have a healthy balance sheet? Take a look at our free balance sheet analysis with six simple checks on key factors like leverage and risk.

2. Valuation: What is APL worth today? Is the stock undervalued, even when its growth outlook is factored into its intrinsic value? The intrinsic value infographic in our free research report helps visualize whether APL is currently mispriced by the market.

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