Will Treasury Wine Estates Limited's (ASX:TWE) Earnings Grow Over The Next Year?
In December 2018, Treasury Wine Estates Limited (ASX:TWE) announced its earnings update. Overall, it seems that analyst forecasts are fairly optimistic, with profits predicted to increase by 23% next year, though this is relatively lower than the previous 5-year average earnings growth of 51%. Presently, with latest-twelve-month earnings at AU$360m, we should see this growing to AU$445m by 2020. I will provide a brief commentary around the figures and analyst expectations in the near term. For those keen to understand more about other aspects of the company, you can research its fundamentals here.
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How will Treasury Wine Estates perform in the near future?
Over the next three years, it seems the consensus view of the 15 analysts covering TWE is skewed towards the positive sentiment. Since forecasting becomes more difficult further into the future, broker analysts generally project out to around three years. To understand the overall trajectory of TWE'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 AU$360m and the final forecast of AU$626m by 2022, the annual rate of growth for TWE’s earnings is 15%. EPS reaches A$0.93 in the final year of forecast compared to the current A$0.50 EPS today. Margins are currently sitting at 14%, which is expected to expand to 18% by 2022.
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