One ARB IOT Group Limited (NASDAQ:ARBB) Analyst Just Cut Their EPS Forecasts

The latest analyst coverage could presage a bad day for ARB IOT Group Limited (NASDAQ:ARBB), with the covering analyst making across-the-board cuts to their statutory estimates that might leave shareholders a little shell-shocked. Revenue and earnings per share (EPS) forecasts were both revised downwards, with the analyst seeing grey clouds on the horizon.

Following the latest downgrade, the sole analyst covering ARB IOT Group provided consensus estimates of RM200m revenue in 2024, which would reflect a definite 17% decline on its sales over the past 12 months. Statutory earnings per share are supposed to plummet 61% to RM0.38 in the same period. Prior to this update, the analyst had been forecasting revenues of RM329m and earnings per share (EPS) of RM0.81 in 2024. Indeed, we can see that the analyst is a lot more bearish about ARB IOT Group's prospects, administering a pretty serious reduction to revenue estimates and slashing their EPS estimates to boot.

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The consensus price target fell 63% to US$3.00, with the weaker earnings outlook clearly leading analyst valuation estimates.

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. These estimates imply that sales are expected to slow, with a forecast annualised revenue decline of 17% by the end of 2024. This indicates a significant reduction from annual growth of 48% over the last three years. Compare this with our data, which suggests that other companies in the same industry are, in aggregate, expected to see their revenue grow 9.5% per year. So although its revenues are forecast to shrink, this cloud does not come with a silver lining - ARB IOT Group is expected to lag the wider industry.

The Bottom Line

The biggest issue in the new estimates is that the analyst has reduced their earnings per share estimates, suggesting business headwinds lay ahead for ARB IOT Group. Unfortunately the analyst also downgraded their revenue estimates, and industry data suggests that ARB IOT Group's revenues are expected to grow slower than the wider market. With a serious cut to this year's expectations and a falling price target, we wouldn't be surprised if investors were becoming wary of ARB IOT Group.

That said, the covering analyst might have good reason to be negative on ARB IOT Group, given its declining profit margins. For more information, you can click here to discover this and the 3 other warning signs we've identified.

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