Southwest Bancorp Inc (OKSB): What Are The Future Prospects?
Analysts covering Southwest Bancorp Inc (NASDAQ:OKSB) are predicting double-digit earnings per share growth of 42.24% over the following three years. At a current EPS of $1.152, this growth rate means shareholders can expect an impending EPS of $1.639. Today I will look at the latest data in order to investigate whether this expected growth rate is plausible. See our latest analysis for OKSB
Can we expect OKSB to keep growing?
OKSB is covered by 4 analysts who by consensus are expecting positive earnings, estimated to rise from current levels of $1.152 to $1.639 in a few years. This indicates a relatively solid earnings per share growth rate of 42.24% over the next few years, which is an optimistic outlook in the near term. During the same time and profits (net income) are predicted to slightly grow from $21M to $30M in the next couple of years, roughly staying around the same level. However, margins look rather unappealing at the current levels of revenue and earnings.
Is this similar growth to the past?
The past can be a great indicator for future performance for a stock. We can determine whether this level of expected growth is sustainable and whether the company continues to go from strength to strength. OKSB’s earnings growth the past couple of years was 35.33% which indicates that the company’s past performance will continue to persist into the future. This means OKSB has already proven its capacity to grow at an elevated rate, which should give investors higher conviction of analysts’ consensus prediction for the company’s future growth going forward.
Next Steps:
For OKSB, there are three fundamental factors you should further research:
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 OKSB 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 OKSB is currently mispriced by the market.
3. Other High-Growth Alternatives : Are there other high-growth stocks you could be holding instead of OKSB? Explore our interactive list of stocks with large growth potential to get an idea of what else is out there you may be missing!
To help readers see pass the short term volatility of the financial market, we aim to bring you a long-term focused research analysis purely driven by fundamental data. Note that our analysis does not factor in the latest price sensitive company announcements.
The author is an independent contributor and at the time of publication had no position in the stocks mentioned.
