Results: Empresa Nacional de Telecomunicaciones S.A. Exceeded Expectations And The Consensus Has Updated Its Estimates

The quarterly results for Empresa Nacional de Telecomunicaciones S.A. (SNSE:ENTEL) were released last week, making it a good time to revisit its performance. Revenues were CL$673b, approximately in line with whatthe analysts expected, although statutory earnings per share (EPS) crushed expectations, coming in at CL$136, an impressive 21% ahead of estimates. This is an important time for investors, as they can track a company's performance in its report, look at what experts are forecasting for next year, and see if there has been any change to expectations for the business. Readers will be glad to know we've aggregated the latest statutory forecasts to see whether the analysts have changed their mind on Empresa Nacional de Telecomunicaciones after the latest results.

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Taking into account the latest results, the current consensus from Empresa Nacional de Telecomunicaciones' five analysts is for revenues of CL$2.86t in 2025. This would reflect an okay 6.6% increase on its revenue over the past 12 months. Per-share earnings are expected to rise 5.4% to CL$490. In the lead-up to this report, the analysts had been modelling revenues of CL$2.82t and earnings per share (EPS) of CL$484 in 2025. So it's pretty clear that, although the analysts have updated their estimates, there's been no major change in expectations for the business following the latest results.

The analysts reconfirmed their price target of CL$3,446, showing that the business is executing well and in line with expectations. It could also be instructive to look at the range of analyst estimates, to evaluate how different the outlier opinions are from the mean. There are some variant perceptions on Empresa Nacional de Telecomunicaciones, with the most bullish analyst valuing it at CL$4,200 and the most bearish at CL$2,800 per share. Analysts definitely have varying views on the business, but the spread of estimates is not wide enough in our view to suggest that extreme outcomes could await Empresa Nacional de Telecomunicaciones shareholders.

These estimates are interesting, but it can be useful to paint some more broad strokes when seeing how forecasts compare, both to the Empresa Nacional de Telecomunicaciones' past performance and to peers in the same industry. The period to the end of 2025 brings more of the same, according to the analysts, with revenue forecast to display 5.3% growth on an annualised basis. That is in line with its 6.0% annual growth over the past five years. Juxtapose this against our data, which suggests that other companies (with analyst coverage) in the industry are forecast to see their revenues grow 4.9% per year. So although Empresa Nacional de Telecomunicaciones is expected to maintain its revenue growth rate, it's only growing at about the rate of the wider industry.

The Bottom Line

The most obvious conclusion is that there's been no major change in the business' prospects in recent times, with the analysts holding their earnings forecasts steady, in line with previous estimates. They also reconfirmed their revenue estimates, with the company predicted to grow at about the same rate as the wider industry. There was no real change to the consensus price target, suggesting that the intrinsic value of the business has not undergone any major changes with the latest estimates.

Following on from that line of thought, we think that the long-term prospects of the business are much more relevant than next year's earnings. We have forecasts for Empresa Nacional de Telecomunicaciones going out to 2026, and you can see them free on our platform here.

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