What Do Analysts Think About 7C Solarparken AG's (FRA:HRPK) Growth?

Since 7C Solarparken AG (FRA:HRPK) released its earnings in December 2018, analysts seem cautiously bearish, as a 2.0% rise in profits is expected in the upcoming year, against the higher past 5-year average growth rate of 2.5%. With trailing-twelve-month net income at current levels of €5.9m, we should see this rise to €6.0m in 2020. I will provide a brief commentary around the figures and analyst expectations in the near term. Readers that are interested in understanding the company beyond these figures should research its fundamentals here.

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What can we expect from 7C Solarparken in the longer term?

Over the next three years, it seems the consensus view of the 3 analysts covering HRPK is skewed towards the positive sentiment. Since forecasting becomes more difficult further into the future, broker analysts generally project out to around three years. To get an idea of the overall earnings growth trend for HRPK, I’ve plotted out each year’s earnings expectations and inserted a line of best fit to determine an annual rate of growth from the slope of this line.

This results in an annual growth rate of 20% based on the most recent earnings level of €5.9m to the final forecast of €11m by 2022. EPS reaches €0.18 in the final year of forecast compared to the current €0.12 EPS today. With a current profit margin of 15%, this movement will result in a margin of 19% by 2022.

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