Indutrade AB (publ) (STO:INDT) investors will be delighted, with the company turning in some strong numbers with its latest results. The company beat expectations with revenues of kr9.0b arriving 4.1% ahead of forecasts. Statutory earnings per share (EPS) were kr2.15, 9.3% ahead of estimates. 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. We've gathered the most recent statutory forecasts to see whether the analysts have changed their earnings models, following these results.
Taking into account the latest results, the current consensus from Indutrade's eight analysts is for revenues of kr35.1b in 2026. This would reflect an okay 6.0% increase on its revenue over the past 12 months. Per-share earnings are expected to step up 14% to kr8.40. In the lead-up to this report, the analysts had been modelling revenues of kr34.3b and earnings per share (EPS) of kr8.07 in 2026. It looks like there's been a modest increase in sentiment following the latest results, withthe analysts becoming a bit more optimistic in their predictions for both revenues and earnings.
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With these upgrades, we're not surprised to see that the analysts have lifted their price target 11% to kr275per share. The consensus price target is just an average of individual analyst targets, so - it could be handy to see how wide the range of underlying estimates is. Currently, the most bullish analyst values Indutrade at kr320 per share, while the most bearish prices it at kr211. These price targets show that analysts do have some differing views on the business, but the estimates do not vary enough to suggest to us that some are betting on wild success or utter failure.
These estimates are interesting, but it can be useful to paint some more broad strokes when seeing how forecasts compare, both to the Indutrade's past performance and to peers in the same industry. It's clear from the latest estimates that Indutrade's rate of growth is expected to accelerate meaningfully, with the forecast 12% annualised revenue growth to the end of 2026 noticeably faster than its historical growth of 9.0% p.a. over the past five years. By contrast, our data suggests that other companies (with analyst coverage) in a similar industry are forecast to grow their revenue at 7.3% per year. It seems obvious that, while the growth outlook is brighter than the recent past, the analysts also expect Indutrade to grow faster than the wider industry.
The Bottom Line
The most important thing here is that the analysts upgraded their earnings per share estimates, suggesting that there has been a clear increase in optimism towards Indutrade following these results. Happily, they also upgraded their revenue estimates, and are forecasting them to grow faster than the wider industry. There was also a nice increase in the price target, with the analysts 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. We have forecasts for Indutrade going out to 2028, and you can see them free on our platform here.
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