J D Wetherspoon plc (LON:JDW): Will The Growth Last?
Based on J D Wetherspoon plc's (LON:JDW) earnings update on 28 July 2019, the consensus outlook from analysts appear somewhat bearish, with earnings expected to grow by 2.0% in the upcoming year relative to the higher past 5-year average growth rate of 12%. By 2020, we can expect J D Wetherspoon’s bottom line to reach UK£74m, a jump from the current trailing-twelve-month of UK£73m. In this article, I've outline a few earnings growth rates to give you a sense of the market sentiment for J D Wetherspoon in the longer term. Investors wanting to learn more about other aspects of the company should research its fundamentals here.
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How is J D Wetherspoon going to perform in the near future?
The longer term view from the 12 analysts covering JDW 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 get an idea of the overall earnings growth trend for JDW, 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 4.5% based on the most recent earnings level of UK£73m to the final forecast of UK£80m by 2022. This leads to an EPS of £0.77 in the final year of projections relative to the current EPS of £0.71. However, the expansion of the current 4.0% margin is not expected to be sustained, as it begins to contract to 4.0% by the end of 2022.
Next Steps:
Future outlook is only one aspect when you're building an investment case for a stock. For J D Wetherspoon, I've put together three key aspects you should look at:
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 J D Wetherspoon 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 J D Wetherspoon is currently mispriced by the market.
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