China Overseas Grand Oceans Group Limited (HKG:81) Analysts Just Slashed This Year's Estimates

The analysts covering China Overseas Grand Oceans Group Limited (HKG:81) delivered a dose of negativity to shareholders today, by making a substantial revision to their statutory forecasts for this year. Both revenue and earnings per share (EPS) forecasts went under the knife, suggesting analysts have soured majorly on the business.

After the downgrade, the consensus from China Overseas Grand Oceans Group's eight analysts is for revenues of CN¥37b in 2025, which would reflect an uneasy 19% decline in sales compared to the last year of performance. Statutory earnings per share are supposed to tumble 26% to CN¥0.20 in the same period. Before this latest update, the analysts had been forecasting revenues of CN¥46b and earnings per share (EPS) of CN¥0.48 in 2025. Indeed, we can see that the analysts are a lot more bearish about China Overseas Grand Oceans Group's prospects, administering a measurable cut to revenue estimates and slashing their EPS estimates to boot.

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Despite the cuts to forecast earnings, there was no real change to the HK$2.32 price target, showing that the analysts don't think the changes have a meaningful impact on its intrinsic value.

Looking at the bigger picture now, one of the ways we can make sense of these forecasts is to see how they measure up against both past performance and industry growth estimates. These estimates imply that sales are expected to slow, with a forecast annualised revenue decline of 19% by the end of 2025. This indicates a significant reduction from annual growth of 7.7% over the last five years. Compare this with our data, which suggests that other companies in the same industry are, in aggregate, expected to see their revenue grow 4.6% per year. It's pretty clear that China Overseas Grand Oceans Group's revenues are expected to perform substantially worse than the wider industry.

The Bottom Line

The most important thing to take away is that analysts cut their earnings per share estimates, expecting a clear decline in business conditions. Unfortunately analysts also downgraded their revenue estimates, and industry data suggests that China Overseas Grand Oceans Group's revenues are expected to grow slower than the wider market. We're also surprised to see that the price target went unchanged. Still, deteriorating business conditions (assuming accurate forecasts!) can be a leading indicator for the stock price, so we wouldn't blame investors for being more cautious on China Overseas Grand Oceans Group after the downgrade.

With that said, the long-term trajectory of the company's earnings is a lot more important than next year. At Simply Wall St, we have a full range of analyst estimates for China Overseas Grand Oceans Group going out to 2027, and you can see them free on our platform here.

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