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Need To Know: Analysts Are Much More Bullish On Nordex SE (ETR:NDX1) Revenues

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Celebrations may be in order for Nordex SE (ETR:NDX1) shareholders, with the analysts delivering a significant upgrade to their statutory estimates for the company. The analysts have sharply increased their revenue numbers, with a view that Nordex will make substantially more sales than they'd previously expected. The market may be pricing in some blue sky too, with the share price gaining 21% to €11.36 in the last 7 days. We'll be curious to see if these new estimates convince the market to lift the stock price higher still.

Following the upgrade, the current consensus from Nordex's ten analysts is for revenues of €7.2b in 2024 which - if met - would reflect a meaningful 11% increase on its sales over the past 12 months. The losses are expected to disappear over the next year or so, with forecasts for a profit of €0.11 per share this year. Before this latest update, the analysts had been forecasting revenues of €6.5b and earnings per share (EPS) of €0.091 in 2024. So we can see there's been a pretty clear increase in analyst sentiment in recent times, with both revenues and earnings per share receiving a decent lift in the latest estimates.

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Although the analysts have upgraded their earnings estimates, there was no change to the consensus price target of €14.90, suggesting that the forecast performance does not have a long term impact on the company's valuation.

Of course, another way to look at these forecasts is to place them into context against the industry itself. We would highlight that Nordex's revenue growth is expected to slow, with the forecast 11% annualised growth rate until the end of 2024 being well below the historical 18% p.a. growth over the last five years. By way of comparison, the other companies in this industry with analyst coverage are forecast to grow their revenue at 7.9% annually. So it's pretty clear that, while Nordex's revenue growth is expected to slow, it's still expected to grow faster than the industry itself.

The Bottom Line

The most important thing to take away from this upgrade is that analysts upgraded their earnings per share estimates for this year, expecting improving business conditions. They also upgraded their revenue estimates for this year, and sales are expected to grow faster than the wider market. Given that analysts appear to be expecting substantial improvement in the sales pipeline, now could be the right time to take another look at Nordex.

Even so, the longer term trajectory of the business is much more important for the value creation of shareholders. At Simply Wall St, we have a full range of analyst estimates for Nordex going out to 2026, and you can see them free on our platform here..

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