Earnings Update: Cabka N.V. (AMS:CABKA) Just Reported Its Yearly Results And Analysts Are Updating Their Forecasts

It's been a good week for Cabka N.V. (AMS:CABKA) shareholders, because the company has just released its latest full-year results, and the shares gained 4.0% to €2.08. The results were positive, with revenue coming in at €191m, beating analyst expectations by 4.1%. 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. So we collected the latest post-earnings statutory consensus estimates to see what could be in store for next year.

Following last week's earnings report, Cabka's three analysts are forecasting 2025 revenues to be €193.7m, approximately in line with the last 12 months. Earnings are expected to improve, with Cabka forecast to report a statutory profit of €0.055 per share. In the lead-up to this report, the analysts had been modelling revenues of €195.5m and earnings per share (EPS) of €0.023 in 2025. Although the revenue estimates have not really changed, we can see there's been a very substantial lift in earnings per share expectations, suggesting that the analysts have become more bullish after the latest result.

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The consensus price target was unchanged at €4.68, implying that the improved earnings outlook is not expected to have a long term impact on value creation for shareholders. 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 Cabka, with the most bullish analyst valuing it at €5.20 and the most bearish at €4.25 per share. Even so, with a relatively close grouping of estimates, it looks like the analysts are quite confident in their valuations, suggesting Cabka is an easy business to forecast or the the analysts are all using similar assumptions.

Of course, another way to look at these forecasts is to place them into context against the industry itself. The analysts are definitely expecting Cabka's growth to accelerate, with the forecast 1.6% annualised growth to the end of 2025 ranking favourably alongside historical growth of 0.4% per annum over the past three years. Compare this with other companies in the same industry, which are forecast to see revenue growth of 3.7% annually. It seems obvious that, while the future growth outlook is brighter than the recent past, Cabka is expected to grow slower than the wider industry.

The Bottom Line

The biggest takeaway for us is the consensus earnings per share upgrade, which suggests a clear improvement in sentiment around Cabka's earnings potential next year. Fortunately, the analysts also reconfirmed their revenue estimates, suggesting that it's tracking in line with expectations. Although our data does suggest that Cabka's revenue is expected to perform worse 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.

With that said, the long-term trajectory of the company's earnings is a lot more important than next year. We have estimates - from multiple Cabka analysts - going out to 2027, and you can see them free on our platform here.

You still need to take note of risks, for example - Cabka has 2 warning signs we think you should be aware of.

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