Yahoo Finance Fiducian Group Limited (ASX:FID): What Does The Future Look Like?
Based on Fiducian Group Limited’s (ASX:FID) earnings update in June 2018, analysts seem cautiously bearish, with earnings expected to grow by 18% in the upcoming year relative to the higher past 5-year average growth rate of 21%. By 2019, we can expect Fiducian Group’s bottom line to reach AU$11m, a jump from the current trailing-twelve-month AU$9.2m. Below is a brief commentary around Fiducian Group’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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Exciting times ahead?
The longer term expectations from the 1 analysts of FID is tilted towards the positive sentiment. Since forecasting becomes more difficult further into the future, broker analysts generally project out to around three years. To reduce the year-on-year volatility of analyst earnings forecast, I’ve inserted a line of best fit through the expected earnings figures to determine the annual growth rate from the slope of the line.
By 2021, FID’s earnings should reach AU$15m, from current levels of AU$9.2m, resulting in an annual growth rate of 16%. This leads to an EPS of A$0.48 in the final year of projections relative to the current EPS of A$0.29. With a current profit margin of 20%, this movement will result in a margin of 23% by 2021.
Next Steps:
Future outlook is only one aspect when you’re building an investment case for a stock. For Fiducian Group, I’ve put together three fundamental aspects you should further research:
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 Fiducian Group 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 Fiducian Group is currently mispriced by the market.
Other High-Growth Alternatives : Are there other high-growth stocks you could be holding instead of Fiducian Group? Explore our interactive list of stocks with large growth potential to get an idea of what else is out there you may be missing!
To help readers see past the short term volatility of the financial market, we aim to bring you a long-term focused research analysis purely driven by fundamental data. Note that our analysis does not factor in the latest price-sensitive company announcements.
The author is an independent contributor and at the time of publication had no position in the stocks mentioned. For errors that warrant correction please contact the editor at editorial-team@simplywallst.com.
