Yatra Online, Inc. (NASDAQ:YTRA) Analysts Just Slashed This Year's Estimates

The analysts covering Yatra Online, Inc. (NASDAQ:YTRA) delivered a dose of negativity to shareholders today, by making a substantial revision to their statutory forecasts for this year. Both revenue and earnings per share (EPS) estimates were cut sharply as the analysts factored in the latest outlook for the business, concluding that they were too optimistic previously. At US$2.28, shares are up 9.6% in the past 7 days. We'd be curious to see if the downgrade is enough to reverse investor sentiment on the business.

Following the downgrade, the most recent consensus for Yatra Online from its twin analysts is for revenues of ₹3.5b in 2022 which, if met, would be a huge 176% increase on its sales over the past 12 months. The loss per share is anticipated to greatly reduce in the near future, narrowing 27% to ₹14.93. However, before this estimates update, the consensus had been expecting revenues of ₹4.3b and ₹5.27 per share in losses. So there's been quite a change-up of views after the recent consensus updates, with the analysts making a serious cut to their revenue forecasts while also expecting losses per share to increase.

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The consensus price target was broadly unchanged at ₹274, perhaps implicitly signalling that the weaker earnings outlook is not expected to have a long-term impact on the valuation. There's another way to think about price targets though, and that's to look at the range of price targets put forward by analysts, because a wide range of estimates could suggest a diverse view on possible outcomes for the business. Currently, the most bullish analyst values Yatra Online at ₹3.99 per share, while the most bearish prices it at ₹3.50. The narrow spread of estimates could suggest that the business' future is relatively easy to value, or that the analysts have a clear view on its prospects.

These estimates are interesting, but it can be useful to paint some more broad strokes when seeing how forecasts compare, both to the Yatra Online's past performance and to peers in the same industry. For example, we noticed that Yatra Online's rate of growth is expected to accelerate meaningfully, with revenues forecast to exhibit 176% growth to the end of 2022 on an annualised basis. That is well above its historical decline of 15% a year over the past five years. By contrast, our data suggests that other companies (with analyst coverage) in the industry are forecast to see their revenue grow 21% per year. Not only are Yatra Online's revenues expected to improve, it seems that the analysts are also expecting it to grow faster than the wider industry.

The Bottom Line

The most important thing to take away is that analysts increased their loss per share estimates for this year. While analysts did downgrade their revenue estimates, these forecasts still imply revenues will perform better than the wider market. The lack of change in the price target is puzzling in light of the downgrade but, with a serious decline expected this year, we wouldn't be surprised if investors were a bit wary of Yatra Online.

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 2023, 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 downgrading their estimates. So you may also wish to search this free list of stocks that insiders are buying.

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