Berner Industrier AB Just Beat EPS By 28%: Here's What Analysts Think Will Happen Next

Berner Industrier AB (STO:BERNER B) just released its quarterly report and things are looking bullish. It was overall a positive result, with revenues beating expectations by 7.0% to hit kr273m. Berner Industrier also reported a statutory profit of kr0.91, which was an impressive 28% above what the analyst had forecast. Following the result, the analyst has updated their earnings model, and it would be good to know whether they think there's been a strong change in the company's prospects, or if it's business as usual. Readers will be glad to know we've aggregated the latest statutory forecasts to see whether the analyst has changed their mind on Berner Industrier after the latest results.

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Following the latest results, Berner Industrier's single analyst are now forecasting revenues of kr1.04b in 2025. This would be a satisfactory 6.9% improvement in revenue compared to the last 12 months. Statutory earnings per share are predicted to bounce 32% to kr3.35. In the lead-up to this report, the analyst had been modelling revenues of kr1.01b and earnings per share (EPS) of kr2.98 in 2025. So it seems there's been a definite increase in optimism about Berner Industrier's future following the latest results, with a solid gain to the earnings per share forecasts in particular.

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With these upgrades, we're not surprised to see that the analyst has lifted their price target 18% to kr65.00per share.

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. It's clear from the latest estimates that Berner Industrier's rate of growth is expected to accelerate meaningfully, with the forecast 14% annualised revenue growth to the end of 2025 noticeably faster than its historical growth of 8.1% p.a. over the past five years. Compare this with other companies in the same industry, which are forecast to grow their revenue 6.5% annually. It seems obvious that, while the growth outlook is brighter than the recent past, the analyst also expect Berner Industrier to grow faster than the wider industry.

The Bottom Line

The most important thing here is that the analyst upgraded their earnings per share estimates, suggesting that there has been a clear increase in optimism towards Berner Industrier following these results. Pleasantly, they also upgraded their revenue estimates, and their forecasts suggest the business is expected to grow faster than the wider industry. There was also a nice increase in the price target, with the analyst clearly feeling that the intrinsic value of the business is improving.

With that said, the long-term trajectory of the company's earnings is a lot more important than next year. At least one analyst has provided forecasts out to 2027, which can be seen for free on our platform here.

You can also see whether Berner Industrier is carrying too much debt, and whether its balance sheet is healthy, for free on our platform here.

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