The Coca-Cola Europacific Partners PLC (AMS:CCEP) Interim Results Are Out And Analysts Have Published New Forecasts

Shareholders might have noticed that Coca-Cola Europacific Partners PLC (AMS:CCEP) filed its half-year result this time last week. The early response was not positive, with shares down 8.5% to €79.00 in the past week. Coca-Cola Europacific Partners reported in line with analyst predictions, delivering revenues of €10b and statutory earnings per share of €3.08, suggesting the business is executing well and in line with its plan. Earnings are an important time for investors, as they can track a company's performance, look at what the analysts are forecasting for next year, and see if there's been a change in sentiment towards the company. So we collected the latest post-earnings statutory consensus estimates to see what could be in store for next year.

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Taking into account the latest results, Coca-Cola Europacific Partners' 15 analysts currently expect revenues in 2025 to be €21.1b, approximately in line with the last 12 months. Statutory earnings per share are predicted to step up 20% to €4.03. In the lead-up to this report, the analysts had been modelling revenues of €21.2b and earnings per share (EPS) of €4.03 in 2025. The consensus analysts don't seem to have seen anything in these results that would have changed their view on the business, given there's been no major change to their estimates.

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There were no changes to revenue or earnings estimates or the price target of €86.79, suggesting that the company has met expectations in its recent result. It could also be instructive to look at the range of analyst estimates, to evaluate how different the outlier opinions are from the mean. The most optimistic Coca-Cola Europacific Partners analyst has a price target of €105 per share, while the most pessimistic values it at €74.10. Analysts definitely have varying views on the business, but the spread of estimates is not wide enough in our view to suggest that extreme outcomes could await Coca-Cola Europacific Partners shareholders.

These estimates are interesting, but it can be useful to paint some more broad strokes when seeing how forecasts compare, both to the Coca-Cola Europacific Partners' past performance and to peers in the same industry. We would highlight that Coca-Cola Europacific Partners' revenue growth is expected to slow, with the forecast 2.1% annualised growth rate until the end of 2025 being well below the historical 14% p.a. growth over the last five years. By way of comparison, the other companies in this industry with analyst coverage are forecast to grow their revenue at 4.3% per year. So it's pretty clear that, while revenue growth is expected to slow down, the wider industry is also expected to grow faster than Coca-Cola Europacific Partners.

The Bottom Line

The most obvious conclusion is that there's been no major change in the business' prospects in recent times, with the analysts holding their earnings forecasts steady, in line with previous estimates. Fortunately, the analysts also reconfirmed their revenue estimates, suggesting that it's tracking in line with expectations. Although our data does suggest that Coca-Cola Europacific Partners' revenue is expected to perform worse than the wider industry. The consensus price target held steady at €86.79, with the latest estimates not enough to have an impact on their price targets.

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 Coca-Cola Europacific Partners going out to 2027, and you can see them free on our platform here..

It is also worth noting that we have found 1 warning sign for Coca-Cola Europacific Partners that you need to take into consideration.

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