Will Flowers Foods, Inc.'s (NYSE:FLO) Earnings Grow In The Next 12 Months?
Based on Flowers Foods, Inc.'s (NYSE:FLO) earnings update in December 2018, analyst consensus outlook appear cautiously optimistic, with profits predicted to increase by 27% next year compared with the past 5-year average growth rate of -5.6%. Presently, with latest-twelve-month earnings at US$157m, we should see this growing to US$200m by 2020. I will provide a brief commentary around the figures and analyst expectations in the near term. 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 Flowers Foods in the longer term?
The 6 analysts covering FLO view its longer term outlook with a 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 FLO'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.
From the current net income level of US$157m and the final forecast of US$230m by 2022, the annual rate of growth for FLO’s earnings is 12%. This leads to an EPS of $1.09 in the final year of projections relative to the current EPS of $0.74. Margins are currently sitting at 4.0%, which is expected to expand to 5.4% by 2022.
Next Steps:
Future outlook is only one aspect when you're building an investment case for a stock. For Flowers Foods, there are three pertinent aspects you should further examine:
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.
Valuation: What is Flowers Foods 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 Flowers Foods is currently mispriced by the market.
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