Motilal Oswal Financial Services Limited (NSE:MOTILALOFS) Analysts Just Slashed This Year's Revenue Estimates By 13%

Market forces rained on the parade of Motilal Oswal Financial Services Limited (NSE:MOTILALOFS) shareholders today, when the analysts downgraded their forecasts for this year. There was a fairly draconian cut to their revenue estimates, perhaps an implicit admission that previous forecasts were much too optimistic.

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After the downgrade, the four analysts covering Motilal Oswal Financial Services are now predicting revenues of ₹86b in 2026. If met, this would reflect a sizeable 22% improvement in sales compared to the last 12 months. Statutory earnings per share are presumed to increase 9.2% to ₹45.60. Before this latest update, the analysts had been forecasting revenues of ₹98b and earnings per share (EPS) of ₹47.88 in 2026. It looks like analyst sentiment has fallen somewhat in this update, with a measurable cut to revenue estimates and a small dip in earnings per share numbers as well.

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Analysts made no major changes to their price target of ₹930, suggesting the downgrades are not expected to have a long-term impact on Motilal Oswal Financial Services' valuation.

These estimates are interesting, but it can be useful to paint some more broad strokes when seeing how forecasts compare, both to the Motilal Oswal Financial Services' past performance and to peers in the same industry. We can infer from the latest estimates that forecasts expect a continuation of Motilal Oswal Financial Services'historical trends, as the 22% annualised revenue growth to the end of 2026 is roughly in line with the 26% annual revenue growth over the past five years. By contrast, our data suggests that other companies (with analyst coverage) in a similar industry are forecast to see their revenues grow 13% per year. So although Motilal Oswal Financial Services 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 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, although our data indicates revenues are expected to perform better than the wider market. Often, one downgrade can set off a daisy-chain of cuts, especially if an industry is in decline. So we wouldn't be surprised if the market became a lot more cautious on Motilal Oswal Financial Services after today.

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 Motilal Oswal Financial Services going out to 2028, and you can see them free on our platform here.

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