Will Publicis Groupe S.A.'s (EPA:PUB) Earnings Grow Over The Next Year?
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Looking at Publicis Groupe S.A.'s (EPA:PUB) earnings update in December 2018, the consensus outlook from analysts appear fairly confident, with profits predicted to increase by 14% next year against the past 5-year average growth rate of -8.9%. Currently with trailing-twelve-month earnings of €919m, we can expect this to reach €1.0b by 2020. Below is a brief commentary around Publicis Groupe's earnings outlook going forward, which may give you a sense of market sentiment for the company. For those interested in more of an analysis of the company, you can research its fundamentals here.
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Can we expect Publicis Groupe to keep growing?
The view from 14 analysts over the next three years 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 PUB, 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.
From the current net income level of €919m and the final forecast of €1.2b by 2022, the annual rate of growth for PUB’s earnings is 8.6%. This leads to an EPS of €5.31 in the final year of projections relative to the current EPS of €4.01. In 2022, PUB's profit margin will have expanded from 10% to 11%.
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