Need To Know: Analysts Are Much More Bullish On National Industrialization Company (TADAWUL:2060)

Celebrations may be in order for National Industrialization Company (TADAWUL:2060) shareholders, with the analysts delivering a significant upgrade to their statutory estimates for the company. The consensus statutory numbers for both revenue and earnings per share (EPS) increased, with their view clearly much more bullish on the company's business prospects.

Following the latest upgrade, National Industrialization's four analysts currently expect revenues in 2023 to be ر.س3.8b, approximately in line with the last 12 months. Statutory earnings per share are presumed to surge 64% to ر.س1.08. Before this latest update, the analysts had been forecasting revenues of ر.س3.2b and earnings per share (EPS) of ر.س0.71 in 2023. 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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Another way we can view these estimates is in the context of the bigger picture, such as how the forecasts stack up against past performance, and whether forecasts are more or less bullish relative to other companies in the industry. One thing that stands out from these estimates is that shrinking revenues are expected to moderate over the period ending 2023 compared to the historical decline of 10% per annum over the past five years. By contrast, our data suggests that other companies (with analyst coverage) in a similar industry are forecast to see their revenue shrink 0.6% per year. While National Industrialization's negative revenue trend is expected to moderate, revenues are still expected to shrink next year albeit at a slower rate than the wider industry.

The Bottom Line

The most important thing to take away from this upgrade is that analysts upgraded their earnings per share estimates for this year, expecting improving business conditions. On the plus side, they also lifted their revenue estimates, and the company is expected to perform better than the wider market. With a serious upgrade to expectations, it might be time to take another look at National Industrialization.

Using these estimates as a starting point, we've run a discounted cash flow calculation (DCF) on National Industrialization that suggests the company could be somewhat undervalued. You can learn more about our valuation methodology on our platform here.

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