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Mortgage Advice Bureau (Holdings) PLC's (LON:MAB1) announced its latest earnings update in December 2018, which indicated that the company experienced a small tailwind, eventuating to a single-digit earnings growth of 9.5%. Below, I've presented key growth figures on how market analysts predict Mortgage Advice Bureau (Holdings)'s earnings growth trajectory over the next few years and whether the future looks even brighter than the past. I will be using net income excluding extraordinary items in order to exclude one-off volatility which I am not interested in.
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Market analysts' consensus outlook for the upcoming year seems optimistic, with earnings expanding by a robust 14%. This growth seems to continue into the following year with rates reaching double digit 33% compared to today’s earnings, and finally hitting UK£20m by 2022.
Although it’s informative understanding the rate of growth each year relative to today’s value, it may be more beneficial determining the rate at which the earnings are rising or falling on average every year. The pro of this method is that we can get a bigger picture of the direction of Mortgage Advice Bureau (Holdings)'s earnings trajectory over the long run, irrespective of near term fluctuations, which may be more relevant for long term investors. To compute this rate, I've inserted a line of best fit through analyst consensus of forecasted earnings. The slope of this line is the rate of earnings growth, which in this case is 15%. This means, we can expect Mortgage Advice Bureau (Holdings) will grow its earnings by 15% every year for the next couple of years.
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For Mortgage Advice Bureau (Holdings), I've compiled three key aspects you should further examine:
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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.
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Valuation: What is MAB1 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 MAB1 is currently mispriced by the market.
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Other High-Growth Alternatives: Are there other high-growth stocks you could be holding instead of MAB1? 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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