Upgrade: The Latest Revenue Forecasts For HNI Corporation (NYSE:HNI)

HNI Corporation (NYSE:HNI) shareholders will have a reason to smile today, with the covering analyst making substantial upgrades to this year's forecasts. The analyst has sharply increased their revenue numbers, with a view that HNI will make substantially more sales than they'd previously expected.

After this upgrade, HNI's single analyst is now forecasting revenues of US$2.7b in 2023. This would be a meaningful 18% improvement in sales compared to the last 12 months. Statutory earnings per share are anticipated to nosedive 35% to US$1.74 in the same period. Previously, the analyst had been modelling revenues of US$2.3b and earnings per share (EPS) of US$1.62 in 2023. The forecasts seem more optimistic now, with a nice increase in revenue and a modest lift to earnings per share estimates.

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Taking a look at the bigger picture now, one of the ways we can understand these forecasts is to see how they compare to both past performance and industry growth estimates. It's clear from the latest estimates that HNI's rate of growth is expected to accelerate meaningfully, with the forecast 25% annualised revenue growth to the end of 2023 noticeably faster than its historical growth of 0.6% p.a. over the past five years. Compare this with other companies in the same industry, which are forecast to grow their revenue 8.1% annually. Factoring in the forecast acceleration in revenue, it's pretty clear that HNI is expected to grow much faster than its industry.

The Bottom Line

The most important thing to take away from this upgrade is that the analyst upgraded their earnings per share estimates for this year, expecting improving business conditions. Fortunately, the analyst also upgraded their revenue estimates, and our data indicates sales are expected to perform better than the wider market. Seeing the dramatic upgrade to this year's forecasts, it might be time to take another look at HNI.

Even so, the longer term trajectory of the business is much more important for the value creation of shareholders. At least one analyst has provided forecasts out to 2024, which can be seen for free on our platform here.

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