With the business potentially at an important milestone, we thought we'd take a closer look at EverCommerce Inc.'s (NASDAQ:EVCM) future prospects. EverCommerce Inc., together with its subsidiaries, provides integrated software-as-a-service solutions for service-based small and medium sized businesses in the United States and internationally. The US$1.9b market-cap company posted a loss in its most recent financial year of US$46m and a latest trailing-twelve-month loss of US$44m shrinking the gap between loss and breakeven. As path to profitability is the topic on EverCommerce's investors mind, we've decided to gauge market sentiment. In this article, we will touch on the expectations for the company's growth and when analysts expect it to become profitable.
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Consensus from 11 of the American Software analysts is that EverCommerce is on the verge of breakeven. They anticipate the company to incur a final loss in 2024, before generating positive profits of US$21m in 2025. The company is therefore projected to breakeven just over a year from today. What rate will the company have to grow year-on-year in order to breakeven on this date? Using a line of best fit, we calculated an average annual growth rate of 116%, which signals high confidence from analysts. If this rate turns out to be too aggressive, the company may become profitable much later than analysts predict.
Underlying developments driving EverCommerce's growth isn’t the focus of this broad overview, but, take into account that generally a high forecast growth rate is not unusual for a company that is currently undergoing an investment period.
Before we wrap up, there’s one issue worth mentioning. EverCommerce currently has a relatively high level of debt. Typically, debt shouldn’t exceed 40% of your equity, which in EverCommerce's case is 68%. A higher level of debt requires more stringent capital management which increases the risk around investing in the loss-making company.
There are key fundamentals of EverCommerce which are not covered in this article, but we must stress again that this is merely a basic overview. For a more comprehensive look at EverCommerce, take a look at EverCommerce's company page on Simply Wall St. We've also compiled a list of relevant factors you should further research:
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