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News Flash: Analysts Just Made A Captivating Upgrade To Their Klaveness Combination Carriers ASA (OB:KCC) Forecasts

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Shareholders in Klaveness Combination Carriers ASA (OB:KCC) may be thrilled to learn that the covering analyst has just delivered a major upgrade to their near-term forecasts. The analyst greatly increased their revenue estimates, suggesting a stark improvement in business fundamentals. The market may be pricing in some blue sky too, with the share price gaining 11% to kr71.00 in the last 7 days. It will be interesting to see if today's upgrade is enough to propel the stock even higher.

After the upgrade, the consensus from Klaveness Combination Carriers' lone analyst is for revenues of US$165m in 2022, which would reflect a sizeable 20% decline in sales compared to the last year of performance. Statutory earnings per share are presumed to jump 121% to US$1.35. Before this latest update, the analyst had been forecasting revenues of US$136m and earnings per share (EPS) of US$0.80 in 2022. So we can see there's been a pretty clear increase in analyst sentiment in recent times, with both revenues and earnings per share receiving a decent lift in the latest estimates.

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OB:KCC Earnings and Revenue Growth August 11th 2022

It will come as no surprise to learn that the analyst has increased their price target for Klaveness Combination Carriers 35% to US$11.22 on the back of these upgrades.

Looking at the bigger picture now, one of the ways we can make sense of these forecasts is to see how they measure up against both past performance and industry growth estimates. These estimates imply that sales are expected to slow, with a forecast annualised revenue decline of 26% by the end of 2022. This indicates a significant reduction from annual growth of 17% over the last three years. By contrast, our data suggests that other companies (with analyst coverage) in the same industry are forecast to see their revenue grow 4.5% annually for the foreseeable future. It's pretty clear that Klaveness Combination Carriers' revenues are expected to perform substantially worse than the wider industry.

The Bottom Line

The biggest takeaway for us from these new estimates is that the analyst upgraded their earnings per share estimates, with improved earnings power expected for this year. Fortunately, they also upgraded their revenue estimates, and are forecasting revenues to grow slower than the wider market. With a serious upgrade to expectations and a rising price target, it might be time to take another look at Klaveness Combination Carriers.

The covering analyst is clearly in love with Klaveness Combination Carriers at the moment, but before diving in - you should be aware that we've identified some warning flags with the business, such as dilutive stock issuance over the past year. You can learn more, and discover the 3 other risks we've identified, for free on our platform here.

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