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Carysil Limited Just Missed EPS By 12%: Here's What Analysts Think Will Happen Next

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Carysil Limited (NSE:CARYSIL) missed earnings with its latest full-year results, disappointing overly-optimistic forecasters. Carysil missed earnings this time around, with ₹6.9b revenue coming in 2.6% below what the analysts had modelled. Statutory earnings per share (EPS) of ₹21.55 also fell short of expectations by 12%. Following the result, the analysts have updated their earnings model, and it would be good to know whether they think there's been a strong change in the company's prospects, or if it's business as usual. We've gathered the most recent statutory forecasts to see whether the analysts have changed their earnings models, following these results.

Check out our latest analysis for Carysil

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NSEI:CARYSIL Earnings and Revenue Growth May 25th 2024

Taking into account the latest results, the most recent consensus for Carysil from three analysts is for revenues of ₹8.92b in 2025. If met, it would imply a huge 29% increase on its revenue over the past 12 months. Per-share earnings are expected to jump 83% to ₹39.50. Before this earnings report, the analysts had been forecasting revenues of ₹9.24b and earnings per share (EPS) of ₹36.28 in 2025. So it's pretty clear that while sentiment around revenues has declined following the latest results, the analysts are now more bullish on the company's earnings power.

The average price target rose 19% to ₹1,131, with the analysts signalling that the improved earnings outlook is the key driver of value for shareholders - enough to offset the reduction in revenue estimates. 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 Carysil, with the most bullish analyst valuing it at ₹1,238 and the most bearish at ₹1,053 per share. This is a very narrow spread of estimates, implying either that Carysil is an easy company to value, or - more likely - the analysts are relying heavily on some key assumptions.

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. It's clear from the latest estimates that Carysil's rate of growth is expected to accelerate meaningfully, with the forecast 29% annualised revenue growth to the end of 2025 noticeably faster than its historical growth of 23% p.a. over the past five years. By contrast, our data suggests that other companies (with analyst coverage) in a similar industry are forecast to grow their revenue at 15% per year. It seems obvious that, while the growth outlook is brighter than the recent past, the analysts also expect Carysil to grow faster than the wider industry.

The Bottom Line

The most important thing here is that the analysts upgraded their earnings per share estimates, suggesting that there has been a clear increase in optimism towards Carysil following these results. Regrettably, they also downgraded their revenue estimates, but the latest forecasts still imply the business will grow faster than the wider industry. With that said, earnings are more important to the long-term value of the business. There was also a nice increase in the price target, with the analysts clearly feeling that the intrinsic value of the business is improving.

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 estimates - from multiple Carysil analysts - going out to 2026, and you can see them free on our platform here.

Don't forget that there may still be risks. For instance, we've identified 1 warning sign for Carysil that you should be aware of.

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