Raisio plc (HEL:RAIVV) Just Released Its Second-Quarter Earnings: Here's What Analysts Think

Last week saw the newest quarterly earnings release from Raisio plc (HEL:RAIVV), an important milestone in the company's journey to build a stronger business. Revenues came in 3.4% below expectations, at €55m. Statutory earnings per share were relatively better off, with a per-share profit of €0.04 being roughly in line with analyst estimates. The analysts typically update their forecasts at each earnings report, and we can judge from their estimates whether their view of the company has changed or if there are any new concerns to be aware of. We thought readers would find it interesting to see the analysts latest (statutory) post-earnings forecasts for next year.

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Taking into account the latest results, Raisio's four analysts currently expect revenues in 2025 to be €229.1m, approximately in line with the last 12 months. Per-share earnings are expected to leap 25% to €0.15. Before this earnings report, the analysts had been forecasting revenues of €230.7m and earnings per share (EPS) of €0.15 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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The analysts reconfirmed their price target of €2.76, showing that the business is executing well and in line with expectations. 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. There are some variant perceptions on Raisio, with the most bullish analyst valuing it at €3.10 and the most bearish at €2.45 per share. Even so, with a relatively close grouping of estimates, it looks like the analysts are quite confident in their valuations, suggesting Raisio is an easy business to forecast or the the analysts are all using similar assumptions.

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. It's clear from the latest estimates that Raisio's rate of growth is expected to accelerate meaningfully, with the forecast 2.4% annualised revenue growth to the end of 2025 noticeably faster than its historical growth of 0.2% p.a. over the past five years. Compare this with other companies in the same industry, which are forecast to see revenue growth of 3.0% annually. It seems obvious that, while the future growth outlook is brighter than the recent past, Raisio is expected 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. 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 €2.76, with the latest estimates not enough to have an impact on their price targets.

Keeping that in mind, we still think that the longer term trajectory of the business is much more important for investors to consider. We have forecasts for Raisio going out to 2027, and you can see them free on our platform here.

It is also worth noting that we have found 1 warning sign for Raisio that you need to take into consideration.

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