REA Group Future Growth

Future criteria checks 4/6

REA Group is forecast to grow earnings and revenue by 18.6% and 7.2% per annum respectively. EPS is expected to grow by 18.8% per annum. Return on equity is forecast to be 32.8% in 3 years.

Key information

18.6%

Earnings growth rate

18.8%

EPS growth rate

Interactive Media and Services earnings growth	20.4%
Revenue growth rate	7.2%
Future return on equity	32.8%
Analyst coverage	Good
Last updated	16 Jan 2025

Recent future growth updates

Recent updates

Earnings and Revenue Growth Forecasts

ASX:REA - Analysts future estimates and past financials data (AUD Millions)
Date	Revenue	Earnings	Free Cash Flow	Cash from Op	Avg. No. Analysts
6/30/2027	2,087	779	768	923	14
6/30/2026	1,863	661	664	802	15
6/30/2025	1,658	564	620	740	15
6/30/2024	1,677	303	464	589	N/A
3/31/2024	1,592	292	442	564	N/A
12/31/2023	1,507	282	420	539	N/A
9/30/2023	1,450	319	388	506	N/A
6/30/2023	1,392	356	355	473	N/A
3/31/2023	1,408	361	363	476	N/A
12/31/2022	1,424	365	371	480	N/A
9/30/2022	1,421	375	382	484	N/A
6/30/2022	1,419	385	393	488	N/A
3/31/2022	1,343	378	361	449	N/A
12/31/2021	1,267	371	329	410	N/A
9/30/2021	1,136	347	292	366	N/A
6/30/2021	1,005	323	255	321	N/A
3/31/2021	941	230	283	351	N/A
12/31/2020	877	138	311	382	N/A
9/30/2020	880	125	329	400	N/A
6/30/2020	882	112	346	419	N/A
3/31/2020	897	181	313	385	N/A
12/31/2019	911	250	279	350	N/A
9/30/2019	926	178	288	357	N/A
6/30/2019	941	105	296	364	N/A
3/31/2019	939	114	294	360	N/A
12/31/2018	936	123	292	355	N/A
9/30/2018	902	188	280	341	N/A
6/30/2018	867	253	267	326	N/A
12/31/2017	766	51	N/A	309	N/A
9/30/2017	719	49	N/A	303	N/A
6/30/2017	671	48	N/A	297	N/A
12/31/2016	627	268	N/A	239	N/A
9/30/2016	603	261	N/A	230	N/A
6/30/2016	579	254	N/A	221	N/A
12/31/2015	551	199	N/A	220	N/A
9/30/2015	537	200	N/A	206	N/A
6/30/2015	523	200	N/A	191	N/A
12/31/2014	490	196	N/A	196	N/A
9/30/2014	464	173	N/A	190	N/A
6/30/2014	437	150	N/A	184	N/A
3/31/2014	411	139	N/A	172	N/A

Analyst Future Growth Forecasts

Earnings vs Savings Rate: REA's forecast earnings growth (18.6% per year) is above the savings rate (2.6%).

Earnings vs Market: REA's earnings (18.6% per year) are forecast to grow faster than the Australian market (12.5% per year).

High Growth Earnings: REA's earnings are forecast to grow, but not significantly.

Revenue vs Market: REA's revenue (7.2% per year) is forecast to grow faster than the Australian market (5.9% per year).

High Growth Revenue: REA's revenue (7.2% per year) is forecast to grow slower than 20% per year.

Earnings per Share Growth Forecasts

Future Return on Equity

Future ROE: REA's Return on Equity is forecast to be high in 3 years time (32.8%)

Discover growth companies

Company Analysis and Financial Data Status

Data	Last Updated (UTC time)
Company Analysis	2025/01/17 20:44
End of Day Share Price	2025/01/17 00:00
Earnings	2024/06/30
Annual Earnings	2024/06/30

Data Sources

The data used in our company analysis is from S&P Global Market Intelligence LLC. The following data is used in our analysis model to generate this report. Data is normalised which can introduce a delay from the source being available.

Package	Data	Timeframe	Example US Source ^*
Company Financials	10 years	Income statement Cash flow statement Balance sheet	SEC Form 10-K SEC Form 10-Q
Analyst Consensus Estimates	+3 years	Forecast financials Analyst price targets	Analyst Research Reports Blue Matrix
Market Prices	30 years	Stock prices Dividends, Splits and Actions	ICE Market Data SEC Form S-1
Ownership	10 years	Top shareholders Insider trading	SEC Form 4 SEC Form 13D
Management	10 years	Leadership team Board of directors	SEC Form 10-K SEC Form DEF 14A
Key Developments	10 years	Company announcements	SEC Form 8-K

^* example for US securities, for non-US equivalent regulatory forms and sources are used.

Unless specified all financial data is based on a yearly period but updated quarterly. This is known as Trailing Twelve Month (TTM) or Last Twelve Month (LTM) Data. Learn more here.

Analysis Model and Snowflake

Details of the analysis model used to generate this report is available on our Github page, we also have guides on how to use our reports and tutorials on Youtube.

Learn about the world class team who designed and built the Simply Wall St analysis model.

Industry and Sector Metrics

Our industry and section metrics are calculated every 6 hours by Simply Wall St, details of our process are available on .

Analyst Sources

REA Group Limited is covered by 35 analysts. 15 of those analysts submitted the estimates of revenue or earnings used as inputs to our report. Analysts submissions are updated throughout the day.

Analyst	Institution
Russell Wright	APP Securities Pty Ltd.
Russell Wright	Barclay Pearce Capital Pty Limited
Eric Choi	Barrenjoey Markets Pty Limited

REA Group Future Growth

Future criteria checks 4/6

Key information

Recent future growth updates

Consensus EPS estimates fall by 12%

Price target increased by 7.4% to AU$158

Price target increased by 10% to AU$150

Price target decreased to AU$147

Recent updates

REA Group Appoints Vikas Wadhawan as Chief Operating Officer at REA Cyber City, GCC in India

Baring Private Equity Asia Fund VIII managed by EQT Private Capital Asia completed the acquisition of PropertyGuru Group Limited (NYSE:PGRU) from TPG Asia VI SF Pte. Ltd., TPG Capital, L.P., KKR & Co. Inc. (NYSE:KKR), REA Group Limited (ASX:REA) and others.

CEO & Executive Director recently sold AU$2.5m worth of stock

CEO & Executive Director recently sold AU$3.6m worth of stock

Some Confidence Is Lacking In REA Group Limited's (ASX:REA) P/S

REA Group Limited to Report Q1, 2025 Results on Nov 08, 2024

REA Group Limited (ASX:REA) agreed to acquire 19.90% stake in Athena Home Loans Pty Ltd for AUD 62 million.

REA Group Limited (ASX:REA) proposed to acquire Rightmove plc (LSE:RMV).

REA Group Limited (ASX:REA) proposed to acquire Rightmove plc (LSE:RMV).

Investors Can Find Comfort In REA Group's (ASX:REA) Earnings Quality

EQT Private Capital Asia agreed to acquire PropertyGuru Group Limited (NYSE:PGRU) from TPG Capital, L.P., KKR & Co. Inc. (NYSE:KKR), REA Group Limited (ASX:REA) and others for $1 billion.

Final dividend of AU$1.02 announced

Pinning Down REA Group Limited's (ASX:REA) P/S Is Difficult Right Now

Full year 2024 earnings released: EPS: AU$2.29 (vs AU$2.70 in FY 2023)

REA Group Limited, Annual General Meeting, Oct 09, 2024

REA Group Limited to Report Fiscal Year 2024 Results on Aug 09, 2024

Non-Executive Director recently sold AU$764k worth of stock

We Think REA Group (ASX:REA) Can Manage Its Debt With Ease

Non-Executive Director recently sold AU$764k worth of stock

REA Group Limited (ASX:REA) completed the acquisition of the remaining 63% stake in Realtair Pty Limited.

REA Group's (ASX:REA) Returns On Capital Not Reflecting Well On The Business

What REA Group Limited's (ASX:REA) P/S Is Not Telling You

REA Group Limited to Report Q3, 2024 Results on May 09, 2024

REA Group (ASX:REA) Could Easily Take On More Debt

Upcoming dividend of AU$0.87 per share

Some May Be Optimistic About REA Group's (ASX:REA) Earnings

Consensus EPS estimates fall by 12%

First half dividend of AU$0.87 announced

First half 2024 earnings: EPS misses analyst expectations

REA Group Limited to Report First Half, 2024 Results on Feb 08, 2024

REA Group Limited to Report Q1, 2024 Results on Nov 10, 2023

Price target increased by 7.4% to AU$158

Upcoming dividend of AU$0.83 per share at 1.0% yield

Price target increased by 10% to AU$150

REA Group Limited Announces Final Dividend, Payable on September 21, 2023

REA Group Limited, Annual General Meeting, Nov 16, 2023

Full year 2023 earnings: EPS misses analyst expectations

REA Group Limited to Report Fiscal Year 2023 Results on Aug 11, 2023

REA Group Limited (ASX:REA) acquired remaining 73% stake in CampaignAgent Pty Ltd.

Upcoming dividend of AU$0.75 per share at 1.4% yield

First half 2023 earnings: EPS in line with analyst expectations despite revenue beat

REA Group Limited Determines to Pay Final Dividend Payable on 21 March 2023

REA Group Limited to Report First Half, 2023 Results on Feb 10, 2023

Less than half of directors are independent

REA Group Limited to Report Q1, 2023 Results on Nov 09, 2022

Upcoming dividend of AU$0.89 per share

REA Group Limited Announces Final Dividend in Respect of the Financial Year 2022, Payable on September 15, 2022

REA Group Limited to Report Fiscal Year 2022 Results on Aug 09, 2022

Investor sentiment improved over the past week

Price target decreased to AU$147

Less than half of directors are independent

REA Group Limited to Report Q3, 2022 Results on May 06, 2022

Upcoming dividend of AU$0.75 per share

Independent Non Executive Director recently bought AU$55k worth of stock

First half 2022 earnings: EPS exceeds analyst expectations while revenues lag behind

REA Group Limited Declares Interim Dividend, Payable on March 22, 2022

Upcoming dividend of AU$0.72 per share

Full year 2021 earnings released: EPS AU$2.45 (vs AU$0.85 in FY 2020)

PropertyGuru International (Malaysia) Sdn. Bhd. completed the acquisition of iProperty.com.my/Brickz.my/thinkofliving.com/Prakard.com from REA Group Limited (ASX:REA).