The Embellence Group AB (publ) (STO:EMBELL) Analyst Just Boosted Their Forecasts By A Substantial Amount

Embellence Group AB (publ) (STO:EMBELL) shareholders will have a reason to smile today, with the covering analyst making substantial upgrades to this year's statutory forecasts. The analyst greatly increased their revenue estimates, suggesting a stark improvement in business fundamentals. The market seems to be pricing in some improvement in the business too, with the stock up 7.2% over the past week, closing at kr35.70. Whether the upgrade is enough to drive the stock price higher is yet to be seen, however.

Following the upgrade, the most recent consensus for Embellence Group from its single analyst is for revenues of kr775m in 2022 which, if met, would be a decent 20% increase on its sales over the past 12 months. Per-share earnings are expected to surge 56% to kr4.31. Prior to this update, the analyst had been forecasting revenues of kr674m and earnings per share (EPS) of kr3.23 in 2022. There has definitely been an improvement in perception recently, with the analyst substantially increasing both their earnings and revenue estimates.

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With these upgrades, we're not surprised to see that the analyst has lifted their price target 6.4% to kr41.50 per share.

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. It's clear from the latest estimates that Embellence Group's rate of growth is expected to accelerate meaningfully, with the forecast 20% annualised revenue growth to the end of 2022 noticeably faster than its historical growth of 3.9% p.a. over the past three years. By contrast, our data suggests that other companies (with analyst coverage) in a similar industry are forecast to grow their revenue at 4.1% per year. It seems obvious that, while the growth outlook is brighter than the recent past, the analyst also expect Embellence Group to grow faster 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, the analyst also upgraded their revenue estimates, and our data indicates sales are expected to perform better than the wider market. With a serious upgrade to expectations and a rising price target, it might be time to take another look at Embellence Group.

Still, the long-term prospects of the business are much more relevant than next year's earnings. At least one analyst has provided forecasts out to 2024, which can be seen for free on our platform here.

Of course, seeing company management invest large sums of money in a stock can be just as useful as knowing whether analysts are upgrading their estimates. So you may also wish to search this free list of stocks that insiders are buying.

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