What Can We Expect From Kiwi Property Group Limited's (NZSE:KPG) Earnings In The Year Ahead?

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On 31 March 2019, Kiwi Property Group Limited (NZSE:KPG) announced its latest earnings update. Overall, analyst forecasts appear to be bearish, as a 18% fall in profits is expected in the upcoming year against the past 5-year average growth rate of 3.9%. Currently with a trailing-twelve-month profit of NZ$138m, the consensus growth rate suggests that earnings will drop to NZ$113m by 2020. Below is a brief commentary around Kiwi Property Group's earnings outlook going forward, which may give you a sense of market sentiment for the company. For those interested in more of an analysis of the company, you can research its fundamentals here.

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What can we expect from Kiwi Property Group in the longer term?

Longer term expectations from the 7 analysts covering KPG’s stock is one of negative sentiment. Broker analysts tend to forecast up to three years ahead due to a lack of clarity around the business trajectory beyond this. To understand the overall trajectory of KPG's earnings growth over these next fews years, I've fitted a line through these analyst earnings forecast to determine an annual growth rate from the slope.

By 2022, KPG's earnings should reach NZ$137m, from current levels of NZ$138m, resulting in an annual growth rate of -0.6%. This leads to an EPS of NZ$0.089 in the final year of projections relative to the current EPS of NZ$0.097. The main reason for KPG’s earnings contraction is a falling top-line, with negative growth of -3.7%. However, the current margin of 58% is expected to expand to 66% by 2022.

Next Steps:

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