Bullish: Analysts Just Made A Massive Upgrade To Their ADNOC Logistics & Services plc (ADX:ADNOCLS) Forecasts
ADNOC Logistics & Services plc (ADX:ADNOCLS) shareholders will have a reason to smile today, with the analysts making substantial upgrades to this year's statutory forecasts. The consensus statutory numbers for both revenue and earnings per share (EPS) increased, with their view clearly much more bullish on the company's business prospects. The market seems to be pricing in some improvement in the business too, with the stock up 8.3% over the past week, closing at د.إ6.90. Could this big upgrade push the stock even higher?
Following the upgrade, the current consensus from ADNOC Logistics & Services' twelve analysts is for revenues of US$6.4b in 2026 which - if met - would reflect a reasonable 2.3% increase on its sales over the past 12 months. Statutory earnings per share are presumed to step up 16% to US$0.24. Prior to this update, the analysts had been forecasting revenues of US$5.2b and earnings per share (EPS) of US$0.18 in 2026. There has definitely been an improvement in perception recently, with the analysts substantially increasing both their earnings and revenue estimates.
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Despite these upgrades, the analysts have not made any major changes to their price target of د.إ7.46, suggesting that the higher estimates are not likely to have a long term impact on what the stock is worth.
These estimates are interesting, but it can be useful to paint some more broad strokes when seeing how forecasts compare, both to the ADNOC Logistics & Services' past performance and to peers in the same industry. We would highlight that ADNOC Logistics & Services' revenue growth is expected to slow, with the forecast 4.7% annualised growth rate until the end of 2026 being well below the historical 29% p.a. growth over the last three years. Compare this with other companies in the same industry, which are forecast to see a revenue decline of 0.07% annually. So it's clear that despite the slowdown in growth, ADNOC Logistics & Services is still expected to grow meaningfully faster than the wider industry.
The Bottom Line
The most important thing to take away from this upgrade is that analysts upgraded their earnings per share estimates for this year, expecting improving business conditions. Fortunately, they also upgraded their revenue estimates, and our data indicates sales are expected to perform better than the wider market. Some investors might be disappointed to see that the price target is unchanged, but we feel that improving fundamentals are usually a positive - assuming these forecasts are met! So ADNOC Logistics & Services could be a good candidate for more research.
Still, the long-term prospects of the business are much more relevant than next year's earnings. At Simply Wall St, we have a full range of analyst estimates for ADNOC Logistics & Services going out to 2028, and you can see them free on our platform here..
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