The analysts covering Exro Technologies Inc. (TSE:EXRO) delivered a dose of negativity to shareholders today, by making a substantial revision to their statutory forecasts for next year. There was a fairly draconian cut to their revenue estimates, perhaps an implicit admission that previous forecasts were much too optimistic. The stock price has risen 6.1% to CA$0.17 over the past week. Investors could be forgiven for changing their mind on the business following the downgrade; but it's not clear if the revised forecasts will lead to selling activity.
Following the downgrade, the most recent consensus for Exro Technologies from its five analysts is for revenues of CA$97m in 2025 which, if met, would be a major 342% increase on its sales over the past 12 months. The loss per share is anticipated to greatly reduce in the near future, narrowing 80% to CA$0.11. Yet prior to the latest estimates, the analysts had been forecasting revenues of CA$158m and losses of CA$0.11 per share in 2025. So there's been quite a change-up of views after the recent consensus updates, with the analysts making a serious cut to their revenue forecasts while also making no real change to the loss per share numbers.
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These estimates are interesting, but it can be useful to paint some more broad strokes when seeing how forecasts compare, both to the Exro Technologies' past performance and to peers in the same industry. The analysts are definitely expecting Exro Technologies' growth to accelerate, with the forecast 228% annualised growth to the end of 2025 ranking favourably alongside historical growth of 90% per annum over the past five years. Compare this with other companies in the same industry, which are forecast to grow their revenue 17% annually. It seems obvious that, while the growth outlook is brighter than the recent past, the analysts also expect Exro Technologies to grow faster than the wider industry.
Unfortunately, analysts also downgraded their revenue estimates, although our data indicates revenues are expected to perform better than the wider market. Given the stark change in sentiment, we'd understand if investors became more cautious on Exro Technologies after today.
As you can see, the analysts clearly aren't bullish, and there might be good reason for that. We've identified some potential issues with Exro Technologies' financials, such as major dilution from new stock issuance in the past year. For more information, you can click here to discover this and the 2 other flags we've identified.
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