Will Corporate Office Properties Trust's (NYSE:OFC) Earnings Grow In The Next 12 Months?
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Since Corporate Office Properties Trust (NYSE:OFC) released its earnings in March 2019, analyst consensus outlook appear cautiously optimistic, with earnings expected to grow by 24% in the upcoming year against the past 5-year average growth rate of 9.9%. By 2020, we can expect Corporate Office Properties Trust’s bottom line to reach US$89m, a jump from the current trailing-twelve-month of US$72m. Below is a brief commentary on the longer term outlook the market has for Corporate Office Properties Trust. For those keen to understand more about other aspects of the company, you can research its fundamentals here.
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How will Corporate Office Properties Trust perform in the near future?
The longer term expectations from the 7 analysts of OFC is tilted towards the positive sentiment. Broker analysts tend to forecast up to three years ahead due to a lack of clarity around the business trajectory beyond this. To understand the overall trajectory of OFC's earnings growth over these next fews years, I've fitted a line through these analyst earnings forecast to determine an annual growth rate from the slope.
From the current net income level of US$72m and the final forecast of US$91m by 2022, the annual rate of growth for OFC’s earnings is 2.0%. This leads to an EPS of $0.90 in the final year of projections relative to the current EPS of $0.69. By the end of 2022, analysts are expecting earnings to outpace revenue, and margins to expand from the current 12% to 14%.
Next Steps:
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