What Should We Expect From Beijing Chunlizhengda Medical Instruments Co., Ltd.'s (HKG:1858) Earnings Over The Next Year?

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After Beijing Chunlizhengda Medical Instruments Co., Ltd.'s (HKG:1858) earnings announcement in December 2018, analysts seem fairly confident, as a 33% increase in profits is expected in the upcoming year, compared with the past 5-year average growth rate of 23%. With trailing-twelve-month net income at current levels of CN¥106m, we should see this rise to CN¥141m in 2020. Below is a brief commentary around Beijing Chunlizhengda Medical Instruments's earnings outlook going forward, which may give you a sense of market sentiment for the company. Readers that are interested in understanding the company beyond these figures should research its fundamentals here.

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How is Beijing Chunlizhengda Medical Instruments going to perform in the near future?

Longer term expectations from the 1 analysts covering 1858’s stock is one of positive sentiment. Given that it becomes hard to forecast far into the future, broker analysts tend to project ahead roughly three years. To understand the overall trajectory of 1858's earnings growth over these next fews years, I've fitted a line through these analyst earnings forecast to determine an annual growth rate from the slope.

SEHK:1858 Past and Future Earnings, June 18th 2019
SEHK:1858 Past and Future Earnings, June 18th 2019

This results in an annual growth rate of 19% based on the most recent earnings level of CN¥106m to the final forecast of CN¥193m by 2022. This leads to an EPS of CN¥1.39 in the final year of projections relative to the current EPS of CN¥0.77. In 2022, 1858's profit margin will have expanded from 21% to 23%.

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