How Do Analysts See Babcock International Group PLC (LON:BAB) Performing In The Next 12 Months?
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Based on Babcock International Group PLC's (LON:BAB) earnings update in March 2019, analyst consensus outlook appear cautiously optimistic, with profits predicted to increase by 42% next year compared with the past 5-year average growth rate of 4.5%. Currently with trailing-twelve-month earnings of UK£199m, we can expect this to reach UK£284m by 2020. I will provide a brief commentary around the figures and analyst expectations in the near term. For those keen to understand more about other aspects of the company, you can research its fundamentals here.
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What can we expect from Babcock International Group in the longer term?
Over the next three years, it seems the consensus view of the 9 analysts covering BAB is skewed towards the positive sentiment. Given that it becomes hard to forecast far into the future, broker analysts tend to project ahead roughly three years. To reduce the year-on-year volatility of analyst earnings forecast, I've inserted a line of best fit through the expected earnings figures to determine the annual growth rate from the slope of the line.
By 2022, BAB's earnings should reach UK£306m, from current levels of UK£199m, resulting in an annual growth rate of 11%. This leads to an EPS of £0.61 in the final year of projections relative to the current EPS of £0.39. Margins are currently sitting at 4.5%, which is expected to expand to 6.1% by 2022.
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