Yahoo Finance How Do Analysts See Newcrest Mining Limited (ASX:NCM) Performing In The Year Ahead?
On 31 December 2018, Newcrest Mining Limited (ASX:NCM) released its earnings update. Generally, analysts seem extremely confident, with earnings expected to grow by a high double-digit of 71% in the upcoming year, which is within range of the past five-year average earnings growth of 78%. Presently, with latest-twelve-month earnings at US$202m, we should see this growing to US$345m by 2020. I will provide a brief commentary around the figures and analyst expectations in the near term. For those interested in more of an analysis of the company, you can research its fundamentals here.
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How is Newcrest Mining going to perform in the near future?
The longer term expectations from the 15 analysts of NCM is tilted towards the positive sentiment. Generally, broker analysts tend to make predictions for up to three years given the lack of visibility beyond this point. I’ve plotted out each year’s earnings expectations and inserted a line of best fit to calculate an annual growth rate from the slope in order to understand the overall trajectory of NCM’s earnings growth over these next few years.
By 2022, NCM’s earnings should reach US$338m, from current levels of US$202m, resulting in an annual growth rate of 1.8%. This leads to an EPS of $0.75 in the final year of projections relative to the current EPS of $0.26. In 2022, NCM’s profit margin will have expanded from 5.7% to 9.3%.
Next Steps:
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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 Newcrest Mining 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 Newcrest Mining is currently mispriced by the market.
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