US$19.75: That's What Analysts Think a.k.a. Brands Holding Corp. (NYSE:AKA) Is Worth After Its Latest Results

a.k.a. Brands Holding Corp. (NYSE:AKA) investors will be delighted, with the company turning in some strong numbers with its latest results. a.k.a. Brands Holding beat expectations with revenues of US$129m arriving 5.1% ahead of forecasts. The company also reported a statutory loss of US$0.78, 5.5% smaller than was expected. This is an important time for investors, as they can track a company's performance in its report, look at what experts are forecasting for next year, and see if there has been any change to expectations for the business. So we collected the latest post-earnings statutory consensus estimates to see what could be in store for next year.

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Following the latest results, a.k.a. Brands Holding's five analysts are now forecasting revenues of US$606.5m in 2025. This would be a satisfactory 3.4% improvement in revenue compared to the last 12 months. The loss per share is expected to ameliorate slightly, reducing to US$2.32. Before this earnings announcement, the analysts had been modelling revenues of US$606.3m and losses of US$1.18 per share in 2025. While this year's revenue estimates held steady, there was also a very substantial increase in loss per share expectations, suggesting the consensus has a bit of a mixed view on the stock.

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The consensus price target fell 8.1% to US$19.75per share, with the analysts clearly concerned by ballooning losses. It could also be instructive to look at the range of analyst estimates, to evaluate how different the outlier opinions are from the mean. Currently, the most bullish analyst values a.k.a. Brands Holding at US$30.00 per share, while the most bearish prices it at US$9.00. So we wouldn't be assigning too much credibility to analyst price targets in this case, because there are clearly some widely different views on what kind of performance this business can generate. With this in mind, we wouldn't rely too heavily the consensus price target, as it is just an average and analysts clearly have some deeply divergent views on the business.

Of course, another way to look at these forecasts is to place them into context against the industry itself. One thing stands out from these estimates, which is that a.k.a. Brands Holding is forecast to grow faster in the future than it has in the past, with revenues expected to display 4.6% annualised growth until the end of 2025. If achieved, this would be a much better result than the 4.9% annual decline over the past three years. Compare this against analyst estimates for the broader industry, which suggest that (in aggregate) industry revenues are expected to grow 5.0% annually. So it looks like a.k.a. Brands Holding is expected to grow at about the same rate as the wider industry.

The Bottom Line

The most important thing to take away is that the analysts increased their loss per share estimates for next year. Happily, there were no real changes to revenue forecasts, with the business still expected to grow in line with the overall industry. Furthermore, the analysts also cut their price targets, suggesting that the latest news has led to greater pessimism about the intrinsic value of the business.

With that in mind, we wouldn't be too quick to come to a conclusion on a.k.a. Brands Holding. Long-term earnings power is much more important than next year's profits. We have forecasts for a.k.a. Brands Holding going out to 2026, and you can see them free on our platform here.

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