Earnings Release: Here's Why Analysts Cut Their Aquafil S.p.A. (BIT:ECNL) Price Target To €2.10

It's been a pretty great week for Aquafil S.p.A. (BIT:ECNL) shareholders, with its shares surging 15% to €1.42 in the week since its latest full-year results. It was an okay result overall, with revenues coming in at €551m, roughly what the analysts had been expecting. 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. Readers will be glad to know we've aggregated the latest statutory forecasts to see whether the analysts have changed their mind on Aquafil after the latest results.

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Taking into account the latest results, the consensus forecast from Aquafil's twin analysts is for revenues of €612.0m in 2025. This reflects a decent 11% improvement in revenue compared to the last 12 months. Yet prior to the latest earnings, the analysts had been anticipated revenues of €615.7m and earnings per share (EPS) of €0.061 in 2025. Overall, while the analysts have reconfirmed their revenue estimates, the consensus now no longer provides an EPS estimate. This implies that the market believes revenue is more important after these latest results.

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The average price target fell 53% to €2.10, withthe analysts clearly having become less optimistic about Aquafil'sprospects following its latest earnings.

These estimates are interesting, but it can be useful to paint some more broad strokes when seeing how forecasts compare, both to the Aquafil's past performance and to peers in the same industry. It's clear from the latest estimates that Aquafil's rate of growth is expected to accelerate meaningfully, with the forecast 11% annualised revenue growth to the end of 2025 noticeably faster than its historical growth of 3.9% p.a. over the past five years. Compare this with other companies in the same industry, which are forecast to grow their revenue 8.1% annually. It seems obvious that, while the growth outlook is brighter than the recent past, the analysts also expect Aquafil to grow faster than the wider industry.

The Bottom Line

The clear take away from these updates is that the analysts made no change to their revenue estimates for next year, with the business apparently performing in line with their models. Happily, there were no major changes to revenue forecasts, with the business still expected to grow faster than the wider industry. Furthermore, the analysts also cut their price targets, suggesting that the latest news has led to greater pessimism about the intrinsic value of the business.

At least one of Aquafil's twin analysts has provided estimates out to 2027, which can be seen for free on our platform here.

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