One Smarter Microelectronics (Guangzhou) Co., Ltd. (SHSE:688512) Analyst Has Been Cutting Their Forecasts

One thing we could say about the covering analyst on Smarter Microelectronics (Guangzhou) Co., Ltd. (SHSE:688512) - they aren't optimistic, having just made a major negative revision to their near-term (statutory) forecasts for the organization. This report focused on revenue estimates, and it looks as though the consensus view of the business has become substantially more conservative.

Following the latest downgrade, Smarter Microelectronics (Guangzhou)'s solitary analyst currently expects revenues in 2024 to be CN¥537m, approximately in line with the last 12 months. Losses are forecast to hold steady at around CN¥0.85 per share. Yet before this consensus update, the analyst had been forecasting revenues of CN¥611m and losses of CN¥0.82 per share in 2024. So there's been quite a change-up of views after the recent consensus updates, with the analyst making a serious cut to their revenue forecasts while also expecting losses per share to increase.

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The analyst lifted their price target 10% to CN¥11.00, implicitly signalling that lower earnings per share are not expected to have a longer-term impact on the stock's value.

Looking at the bigger picture now, one of the ways we can make sense of these forecasts is to see how they measure up against both past performance and industry growth estimates. These estimates imply that sales are expected to slow, with a forecast annualised revenue decline of 0.08% by the end of 2024. This indicates a significant reduction from annual growth of 8.3% over the last year. Compare this with our data, which suggests that other companies in the same industry are, in aggregate, expected to see their revenue grow 24% per year. It's pretty clear that Smarter Microelectronics (Guangzhou)'s revenues are expected to perform substantially worse than the wider industry.

The Bottom Line

The most important thing to note from this downgrade is that the consensus increased its forecast losses this year, suggesting all may not be well at Smarter Microelectronics (Guangzhou). Unfortunately the analyst also downgraded their revenue estimates, and industry data suggests that Smarter Microelectronics (Guangzhou)'s revenues are expected to grow slower than the wider market. There was also a nice increase in the price target, with the analyst apparently feeling that the intrinsic value of the business is improving. Overall, given the drastic downgrade to this year's forecasts, we'd be feeling a little more wary of Smarter Microelectronics (Guangzhou) going forwards.

With that said, the long-term trajectory of the company's earnings is a lot more important than next year. At least one analyst has provided forecasts out to 2026, which can be seen for free on our platform here.

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