What Are Analysts Saying About the future of Bruker Corporation’s (BRKR) Business?

Bruker Corporation (NASDAQ:BRKR) is expected to deliver a solid 29.04% in earnings growth per share over the next three years. With the recent EPS being $1.003, expected growth will push the upcoming EPS to $1.294. I am going to look at the latest data on BRKR to assess whether this expected growth is reasonable. See our latest analysis for BRKR

Can we expect BRKR to keep growing?

BRKR is covered by 12 analysts who by consensus are expecting earnings to increase from today’s level of $1.003 to $1.294 over the next couple of years. This illustrates a relatively optimistic outlook in the near term, with a relatively solid earnings per share growth rate of 29.04% over the next few years. In the same period and profit is predicted to slightly grow from $161M to $207M in the next couple of years, growing by 29.04%. However, margins look rather unappealing at the current levels of revenue and earnings.

NasdaqGS:BRKR Past Future Earnings Nov 3rd 17
NasdaqGS:BRKR Past Future Earnings Nov 3rd 17

Is the growth built on solid basis?

The past can be an insightful indicator for future performance for a stock. We can determine whether this level of expected growth is highly excessive or whether the company has consistently exhibited strength. BRKR’s earnings growth the past couple of years was 40.71% which indicates that the company’s past performance is quite revealing of future outcome. This means BRKR has already proven its capacity to grow at a strong rate, which should give investors higher conviction of analysts’ consensus prediction for the company’s future growth going forward.

Next Steps:

For BRKR, there are three important aspects you should look at:

1. Financial Health: Does it have a healthy balance sheet? Take a look at our free balance sheet analysis with six simple checks on key factors like leverage and risk.

2. Valuation: What is BRKR worth today? Is the stock undervalued, even when its growth outlook is factored into its intrinsic value? The intrinsic value infographic in our free research report helps visualize whether BRKR is currently mispriced by the market.

3. Other High-Growth Alternatives : Are there other high-growth stocks you could be holding instead of BRKR? Explore our interactive list of stocks with large growth potential to get an idea of what else is out there you may be missing!


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The author is an independent contributor and at the time of publication had no position in the stocks mentioned.

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