Last week, you might have seen that UOL Group Limited (SGX:U14) released its interim result to the market. The early response was not positive, with shares down 5.4% to S$9.28 in the past week. Revenues came in at S$1.4b, an impressive 27% ahead of analyst forecasts. Following the result, the analysts have updated their earnings model, and it would be good to know whether they think there's been a strong change in the company's prospects, or if it's business as usual. Readers will be glad to know we've aggregated the latest statutory forecasts to see whether the analysts have changed their mind on UOL Group after the latest results.
After the latest results, the consensus from UOL Group's nine analysts is for revenues of S$2.75b in 2026, which would reflect an uneasy 12% decline in revenue compared to the last year of performance. Yet prior to the latest earnings, the analysts had been anticipated revenues of S$2.86b and earnings per share (EPS) of S$0.56 in 2026. Overall, while there's been a small dip in revenue estimates, the consensus now no longer provides an EPS estimate. This implies that the market believes revenue is more important following the latest results.
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There's been no real change to the consensus price target of S$12.00, with UOL Group seemingly executing in line with expectations. 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. There are some variant perceptions on UOL Group, with the most bullish analyst valuing it at S$13.00 and the most bearish at S$7.00 per share. 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.
One way to get more context on these forecasts is to look at how they compare to both past performance, and how other companies in the same industry are performing. We would highlight that revenue is expected to reverse, with a forecast 22% annualised decline to the end of 2026. That is a notable change from historical growth of 4.0% over the last five years. Compare this with our data, which suggests that other companies in the same industry are, in aggregate, expected to see their revenue grow 3.5% per year. So although its revenues are forecast to shrink, this cloud does not come with a silver lining - UOL Group is expected to lag the wider industry.
The Bottom Line
The most important thing to take away is that the analysts downgraded their revenue estimates for next year. Unfortunately, they also downgraded their revenue estimates, and our data indicates it is expected to perform worse than the wider industry. The consensus price target held steady at S$12.00, with the latest estimates not enough to have an impact on their price targets.
At least one of UOL Group's nine analysts has provided estimates out to 2028, which can be seen for free on our platform here.
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