News Flash: One Dream Unlimited Corp. (TSE:DRM) Analyst Has Been Trimming Their Revenue Forecasts

The analyst covering Dream Unlimited Corp. (TSE:DRM) delivered a dose of negativity to shareholders today, by making a substantial revision to their statutory forecasts for this year. There was a fairly draconian cut to their revenue estimates, perhaps an implicit admission that previous forecasts were much too optimistic.

After the downgrade, the consensus from Dream Unlimited's one analyst is for revenues of CA$336m in 2023, which would reflect a noticeable 7.5% decline in sales compared to the last year of performance. Before the latest update, the analyst was foreseeing CA$388m of revenue in 2023. The consensus view seems to have become more pessimistic on Dream Unlimited, noting the measurable cut to revenue estimates in this update.

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The consensus price target fell 8.6% to CA$42.50, with the analyst clearly less optimistic about Dream Unlimited's valuation following this update. It could also be instructive to look at the range of analyst estimates, to evaluate how different the outlier opinions are from the mean. The most optimistic Dream Unlimited analyst has a price target of CA$50.00 per share, while the most pessimistic values it at CA$35.00. These price targets show that analysts do have some differing views on the business, but the estimates do not vary enough to suggest to us that some are betting on wild success or utter failure.

One way to get more context on these forecasts is to look at how they compare to both past performance, and how other companies in the same industry are performing. Over the past five years, revenues have declined around 4.8% annually. Worse, forecasts are essentially predicting the decline to accelerate, with the estimate for an annualised 9.9% decline in revenue until the end of 2023. Compare this against analyst estimates for companies in the broader industry, which suggest that revenues (in aggregate) are expected to grow 6.4% annually. So it's pretty clear that, while it does have declining revenues, the analyst also expect Dream Unlimited to suffer worse than the wider industry.

The Bottom Line

The clear low-light was that the analyst slashing their revenue forecasts for Dream Unlimited this year. They also expect company revenue to perform worse than the wider market. Furthermore, there was a cut to the price target, suggesting that the latest news has led to more pessimism about the intrinsic value of the business. Often, one downgrade can set off a daisy-chain of cuts, especially if an industry is in decline. So we wouldn't be surprised if the market became a lot more cautious on Dream Unlimited after today.

Looking for more information? One Dream Unlimited broker/analyst has provided estimates out to 2024, which can be seen for free on our platform here.

Of course, seeing company management invest large sums of money in a stock can be just as useful as knowing whether analysts are downgrading their estimates. So you may also wish to search this free list of stocks that insiders are buying.

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