Earnings Miss: DATAGROUP SE Missed EPS By 37% And Analysts Are Revising Their Forecasts

DATAGROUP SE (ETR:D6H) came out with its quarterly results last week, and we wanted to see how the business is performing and what industry forecasters think of the company following this report. Results overall were not great, with earnings of €0.52 per share falling drastically short of analyst expectations. Meanwhile revenues hit €139m and were slightly better than forecasts. 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 DATAGROUP after the latest results.

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Taking into account the latest results, DATAGROUP's six analysts currently expect revenues in 2025 to be €555.9m, approximately in line with the last 12 months. Statutory earnings per share are predicted to expand 18% to €3.47. In the lead-up to this report, the analysts had been modelling revenues of €555.9m and earnings per share (EPS) of €3.53 in 2025. The consensus analysts don't seem to have seen anything in these results that would have changed their view on the business, given there's been no major change to their estimates.

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It will come as no surprise then, to learn that the consensus price target is largely unchanged at €74.25. The consensus price target is just an average of individual analyst targets, so - it could be handy to see how wide the range of underlying estimates is. Currently, the most bullish analyst values DATAGROUP at €87.00 per share, while the most bearish prices it at €54.00. 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.

Taking a look at the bigger picture now, one of the ways we can understand these forecasts is to see how they compare to both past performance and industry growth estimates. We would highlight that DATAGROUP's revenue growth is expected to slow, with the forecast 0.4% annualised growth rate until the end of 2025 being well below the historical 8.5% p.a. growth over the last five years. Compare this against other companies (with analyst forecasts) in the industry, which are in aggregate expected to see revenue growth of 6.2% annually. Factoring in the forecast slowdown in growth, it seems obvious that DATAGROUP is also expected to grow slower than other industry participants.

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. On the plus side, there were no major changes to revenue estimates; although forecasts imply they will perform worse than the wider industry. The consensus price target held steady at €74.25, with the latest estimates not enough to have an impact on their price targets.

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. At Simply Wall St, we have a full range of analyst estimates for DATAGROUP going out to 2027, and you can see them free on our platform here..

We don't want to rain on the parade too much, but we did also find 3 warning signs for DATAGROUP that you need to be mindful of.

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