AO World Future Growth

Future criteria checks 3/6

AO World is forecast to grow earnings and revenue by 18.3% and 6.8% per annum respectively. EPS is expected to grow by 14.4% per annum. Return on equity is forecast to be 17.3% in 3 years.

Key information

18.3%

Earnings growth rate

14.4%

EPS growth rate

Specialty Retail earnings growth	19.8%
Revenue growth rate	6.8%
Future return on equity	17.3%
Analyst coverage	Low
Last updated	20 Jan 2025

Recent future growth updates

Recent updates

There's Been No Shortage Of Growth Recently For AO World's (LON:AO.) Returns On Capital

Oct 25

What AO World plc's (LON:AO.) P/S Is Not Telling You

Sep 13

Are Investors Undervaluing AO World plc (LON:AO.) By 20%?

Jun 07

Estimating The Intrinsic Value Of AO World plc (LON:AO.)

Mar 01

AO World (LON:AO.) Is Making Moderate Use Of Debt

Jan 05

Estimating The Fair Value Of AO World plc (LON:AO.)

Apr 22

Investors Will Want AO World's (LON:AO.) Growth In ROCE To Persist

Feb 03

These 4 Measures Indicate That AO World (LON:AO.) Is Using Debt Extensively

Jan 08

AO World plc's (LON:AO.) Intrinsic Value Is Potentially 40% Above Its Share Price

Nov 24

Should You Be Adding AO World (LON:AO.) To Your Watchlist Today?

Oct 28

AO World's (LON:AO.) Returns On Capital Are Heading Higher

Sep 30

Returns On Capital Are Showing Encouraging Signs At AO World (LON:AO.)

Jun 20

Returns On Capital - An Important Metric For AO World (LON:AO.)

Mar 16

AO World (LON:AO.) Shareholders Have Enjoyed A Whopping 318% Share Price Gain

Feb 17

We Think AO World's (LON:AO.) Statutory Profit Might Understate Its Earnings Potential

Jan 27

We Think AO World (LON:AO.) Can Stay On Top Of Its Debt

Jan 06

AO World plc's (LON:AO.) Stock Is Going Strong: Is the Market Following Fundamentals?

Dec 16

Will The ROCE Trend At AO World (LON:AO.) Continue?

Nov 25

Earnings and Revenue Growth Forecasts

LSE:AO. - Analysts future estimates and past financials data (GBP Millions)
Date	Revenue	Earnings	Free Cash Flow	Cash from Op	Avg. No. Analysts
3/31/2027	1,264	41	40	64	3
3/31/2026	1,190	35	37	60	3
3/31/2025	1,119	28	28	53	3
9/30/2024	1,070	26	57	68	N/A
6/30/2024	1,055	26	55	65	N/A
3/31/2024	1,039	25	53	62	N/A
12/31/2023	1,057	26	55	61	N/A
9/30/2023	1,074	27	56	61	N/A
6/30/2023	1,106	16	39	43	N/A
3/31/2023	1,139	6	22	24	N/A
12/31/2022	1,196	-3	6	9	N/A
9/30/2022	1,254	-13	-11	-6	N/A
6/30/2022	1,311	-8	-36	-29	N/A
3/31/2022	1,368	-4	-61	-52	N/A
12/31/2021	1,487	-2	-54	-45	N/A
9/30/2021	1,605	0	-46	-37	N/A
6/30/2021	1,633	9	30	39	N/A
3/31/2021	1,661	18	106	115	N/A
12/31/2020	1,478	20	98	106	N/A
9/30/2020	1,294	22	90	97	N/A
6/30/2020	1,170	11	48	55	N/A
3/31/2020	1,046	1	6	14	N/A
12/31/2019	1,006	-6	-2	6	N/A
9/30/2019	966	-13	-11	-2	N/A
6/30/2019	934	-16	-18	-11	N/A
3/31/2019	903	-19	-25	-21	N/A
12/31/2018	868	-17	-29	-24	N/A
9/30/2018	833	-15	-24	-20	N/A
6/30/2018	815	-14	N/A	-18	N/A
3/31/2018	797	-13	N/A	-15	N/A
12/31/2017	771	-15	N/A	-8	N/A
9/30/2017	745	-16	N/A	-1	N/A
6/30/2017	723	-11	N/A	1	N/A
3/31/2017	701	-7	N/A	4	N/A
12/31/2016	680	-3	N/A	4	N/A
9/30/2016	660	1	N/A	5	N/A
6/30/2016	629	-2	N/A	1	N/A
3/31/2016	599	-6	N/A	-3	N/A
12/31/2015	562	-8	N/A	-5	N/A
9/30/2015	524	-10	N/A	-7	N/A
6/30/2015	500	-6	N/A	-3	N/A
3/31/2015	477	-2	N/A	1	N/A
12/31/2014	451	-14	N/A	16	N/A
9/30/2014	428	-11	N/A	22	N/A
6/30/2014	407	-10	N/A	18	N/A
3/31/2014	385	-10	N/A	14	N/A

Analyst Future Growth Forecasts

Earnings vs Savings Rate: AO.'s forecast earnings growth (18.3% per year) is above the savings rate (2.3%).

Earnings vs Market: AO.'s earnings (18.3% per year) are forecast to grow faster than the UK market (14.8% per year).

High Growth Earnings: AO.'s earnings are forecast to grow, but not significantly.

Revenue vs Market: AO.'s revenue (6.8% per year) is forecast to grow faster than the UK market (3.6% per year).

High Growth Revenue: AO.'s revenue (6.8% per year) is forecast to grow slower than 20% per year.

Earnings per Share Growth Forecasts

Future Return on Equity

Future ROE: AO.'s Return on Equity is forecast to be low in 3 years time (17.3%).

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Company Analysis and Financial Data Status

Data	Last Updated (UTC time)
Company Analysis	2025/02/15 08:46
End of Day Share Price	2025/02/14 00:00
Earnings	2024/09/30
Annual Earnings	2024/03/31

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Company Financials	10 years	Income statement Cash flow statement Balance sheet	SEC Form 10-K SEC Form 10-Q
Analyst Consensus Estimates	+3 years	Forecast financials Analyst price targets	Analyst Research Reports Blue Matrix
Market Prices	30 years	Stock prices Dividends, Splits and Actions	ICE Market Data SEC Form S-1
Ownership	10 years	Top shareholders Insider trading	SEC Form 4 SEC Form 13D
Management	10 years	Leadership team Board of directors	SEC Form 10-K SEC Form DEF 14A
Key Developments	10 years	Company announcements	SEC Form 8-K

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Analyst Sources

AO World plc is covered by 11 analysts. 3 of those analysts submitted the estimates of revenue or earnings used as inputs to our report. Analysts submissions are updated throughout the day.

Analyst	Institution
Karl Burns	Canaccord Genuity
Caroline Gulliver	Equity Development Limited
Charlie Rothbarth	HSBC

AO World Future Growth

Future criteria checks 3/6

Key information

Recent future growth updates

Price target increased by 7.9% to UK£1.20

Ao World plc Revises Earning Guidance for the Full Year 2024

Price target decreased by 12% to UK£1.05

Price target increased by 8.0% to UK£1.12

Price target increased by 7.8% to UK£0.96

AO World plc Provides Earnings Guidance for the Year Ending 31 March 2024

Recent updates

Price target increased by 7.9% to UK£1.20

AO World plc (LSE:AO.) completed the acquisition of musicMagpie plc (AIM:MMAG) from a group of shareholders.

First half 2025 earnings released: EPS: UK£0.019 (vs UK£0.016 in 1H 2024)

Ao World plc Revises Earning Guidance for the Full Year 2024

Price target decreased by 12% to UK£1.05

AO World plc to Report First Half, 2025 Results on Nov 26, 2024

AO World plc (LSE:AO.) agreed to acquire musicMagpie plc (AIM:MMAG) from a group of shareholders for £9.8 million.

Founder recently sold UK£8.1m worth of stock

Shareholders Should Be Pleased With AO World plc's (LON:AO.) Price

We Think AO World's (LON:AO.) Solid Earnings Are Understated

Full year 2024 earnings: EPS in line with expectations, revenues disappoint

Returns on Capital Paint A Bright Future For AO World (LON:AO.)

Price target increased by 8.0% to UK£1.12

Investor sentiment improves as stock rises 15%

Price target increased by 7.8% to UK£0.96

AO World plc Provides Earnings Guidance for the Year Ending 31 March 2024

AO World plc's (LON:AO.) Price Is Out Of Tune With Revenues

AO World plc to Report Fiscal Year 2024 Results on Jun 26, 2024

Non-Executive Director recently bought UK£313k worth of stock

Is AO World plc (LON:AO.) Worth UK£0.9 Based On Its Intrinsic Value?

Non-Executive Director recently bought UK£259k worth of stock

First half 2024 earnings released: EPS: UK£0.016 (vs UK£0.021 loss in 1H 2023)

AO World plc, Annual General Meeting, Sep 18, 2024

Now 21% undervalued

AO World plc to Report First Half, 2024 Results on Nov 21, 2023

There's Been No Shortage Of Growth Recently For AO World's (LON:AO.) Returns On Capital

Non-Executive Director recently bought UK£238k worth of stock

AO World plc Announces Directorate Change

Price target decreased by 8.3% to UK£0.84

What AO World plc's (LON:AO.) P/S Is Not Telling You

Group CFO & Executive Director exercised options and sold UK£105k worth of stock

AO World plc, Annual General Meeting, Sep 27, 2023

New minor risk - Earnings quality

Full year 2023 earnings: EPS misses analyst expectations

Price target increased by 19% to UK£0.85

Are Investors Undervaluing AO World plc (LON:AO.) By 20%?

Now 21% undervalued after recent price drop

Now 23% undervalued after recent price drop

Non-Executive Director recently bought UK£330k worth of stock

Now 20% undervalued

Estimating The Intrinsic Value Of AO World plc (LON:AO.)

AO World plc to Report Q4, 2023 Results on Jul 05, 2023

Now 22% undervalued

Now 20% undervalued

Price target increased to UK£0.70

AO World (LON:AO.) Is Making Moderate Use Of Debt

Now 20% undervalued

First half 2023 earnings released: UK£0.021 loss per share (vs UK£0.004 loss in 1H 2022)

AO World plc Appoints Sarah Venning as Non-Executive Director

AO World plc Appoints Sarah Venning as Non-Executive Director

Ao World plc Announce CFO Changes

AO World plc Appoints Peter Pritchard as Independent Non-Executive Director and Member of Audit Committee and Remuneration Committee, Effective 1 October 2022

AO World plc, Annual General Meeting, Sep 28, 2022

Consensus forecasts updated

Full year 2022 earnings: EPS misses analyst expectations

AO World plc to Report Fiscal Year 2022 Results on Aug 18, 2022

AO World plc has completed a Follow-on Equity Offering in the amount of £40.334538 million.

Price target decreased to UK£0.86

AO World plc Provides Earnings Guidance for the Full Year to 31 March 2022

Now 25% undervalued after recent price drop

Price target decreased to UK£1.13

Insufficient new directors

Estimating The Fair Value Of AO World plc (LON:AO.)

Investors Will Want AO World's (LON:AO.) Growth In ROCE To Persist

These 4 Measures Indicate That AO World (LON:AO.) Is Using Debt Extensively

AO World plc(LSE:AO.) dropped from FTSE 350 (Ex Investment Companies) Index (GBP)

Insufficient new directors

AO World plc's (LON:AO.) Intrinsic Value Is Potentially 40% Above Its Share Price

First half 2022 earnings: EPS and revenues miss analyst expectations