Flair Writing Industries Limited Just Beat Earnings Expectations: Here's What Analysts Think Will Happen Next

Flair Writing Industries Limited (NSE:FLAIR) came out with its quarterly results last week, and we wanted to see how the business is performing and what industry forecasters think of the company following this report. It looks like a credible result overall - although revenues of ₹3.2b were what the analysts expected, Flair Writing Industries surprised by delivering a (statutory) profit of ₹4.04 per share, an impressive 26% above what was forecast. This is an important time for investors, as they can track a company's performance in its report, look at what experts are forecasting for next year, and see if there has been any change to expectations for the business. With this in mind, we've gathered the latest statutory forecasts to see what the analysts are expecting for next year.

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After the latest results, the three analysts covering Flair Writing Industries are now predicting revenues of ₹12.6b in 2026. If met, this would reflect a modest 7.3% improvement in revenue compared to the last 12 months. Statutory earnings per share are predicted to rise 9.1% to ₹13.60. Yet prior to the latest earnings, the analysts had been anticipated revenues of ₹12.4b and earnings per share (EPS) of ₹12.73 in 2026. The analysts seems to have become more bullish on the business, judging by their new earnings per share estimates.

See our latest analysis for Flair Writing Industries

There's been no major changes to the consensus price target of ₹434, suggesting that the improved earnings per share outlook is not enough to have a long-term positive impact on the stock's valuation. 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. The most optimistic Flair Writing Industries analyst has a price target of ₹460 per share, while the most pessimistic values it at ₹393. Even so, with a relatively close grouping of estimates, it looks like the analysts are quite confident in their valuations, suggesting Flair Writing Industries is an easy business to forecast or the the analysts are all using similar assumptions.

These estimates are interesting, but it can be useful to paint some more broad strokes when seeing how forecasts compare, both to the Flair Writing Industries' past performance and to peers in the same industry. We can infer from the latest estimates that forecasts expect a continuation of Flair Writing Industries'historical trends, as the 15% annualised revenue growth to the end of 2026 is roughly in line with the 18% annual growth over the past year. By contrast, our data suggests that other companies (with analyst coverage) in a similar industry are forecast to see their revenues grow 9.5% per year. So although Flair Writing Industries is expected to maintain its revenue growth rate, it's definitely expected 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 Flair Writing Industries following these results. Fortunately, they also reconfirmed their revenue numbers, suggesting that it's tracking in line with expectations. Additionally, our data suggests that revenue is expected to grow faster than the wider industry. There was no real change to the consensus price target, suggesting that the intrinsic value of the business has not undergone any major changes with the latest estimates.

Following on from that line of thought, we think that the long-term prospects of the business are much more relevant than next year's earnings. We have forecasts for Flair Writing Industries going out to 2028, and you can see them free on our platform here.

You still need to take note of risks, for example - Flair Writing Industries has 2 warning signs (and 1 which is potentially serious) we think you should know about.

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