Earnings Update: GEA Group Aktiengesellschaft (ETR:G1A) Just Reported Its First-Quarter Results And Analysts Are Updating Their Forecasts

GEA Group Aktiengesellschaft (ETR:G1A) last week reported its latest first-quarter results, which makes it a good time for investors to dive in and see if the business is performing in line with expectations. The result was positive overall - although revenues of €1.3b were in line with what the analysts predicted, GEA Group surprised by delivering a statutory profit of €0.57 per share, modestly greater than expected. 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 GEA Group after the latest results.

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Taking into account the latest results, the consensus forecast from GEA Group's 14 analysts is for revenues of €5.56b in 2025. This reflects a reasonable 2.2% improvement in revenue compared to the last 12 months. Per-share earnings are expected to ascend 13% to €2.79. Yet prior to the latest earnings, the analysts had been anticipated revenues of €5.56b and earnings per share (EPS) of €2.75 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.

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It will come as no surprise then, to learn that the consensus price target is largely unchanged at €53.72. There's another way to think about price targets though, and that's to look at the range of price targets put forward by analysts, because a wide range of estimates could suggest a diverse view on possible outcomes for the business. The most optimistic GEA Group analyst has a price target of €65.00 per share, while the most pessimistic values it at €42.00. As you can see, analysts are not all in agreement on the stock's future, but the range of estimates is still reasonably narrow, which could suggest that the outcome is not totally unpredictable.

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. The period to the end of 2025 brings more of the same, according to the analysts, with revenue forecast to display 2.9% growth on an annualised basis. That is in line with its 3.6% annual growth over the past five years. By contrast, our data suggests that other companies (with analyst coverage) in a similar industry are forecast to see their revenues grow 5.2% per year. So although GEA Group is expected to maintain its revenue growth rate, it's forecast to grow slower than 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. Fortunately, the analysts also reconfirmed their revenue estimates, suggesting that it's tracking in line with expectations. Although our data does suggest that GEA Group's revenue is expected to perform worse than 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 GEA Group going out to 2027, and you can see them free on our platform here.

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