As Centuria Metropolitan REIT (ASX:CMA) released its earnings announcement on 30 June 2019, the consensus outlook from analysts appear highly confident, with profits predicted to ramp up by an impressive 68% next year, compared with the past 5-year average growth rate of 44%. By 2020, we can expect Centuria Metropolitan REIT’s bottom line to reach AU$90m, a jump from the current trailing-twelve-month of AU$54m. In this article, I've outline a few earnings growth rates to give you a sense of the market sentiment for Centuria Metropolitan REIT in the longer term. Readers that are interested in understanding the company beyond these figures should research its fundamentals here.
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Can we expect Centuria Metropolitan REIT to keep growing?
The view from 3 analysts over the next three years is one of positive sentiment. Generally, broker analysts tend to make predictions for up to three years given the lack of visibility beyond this point. To get an idea of the overall earnings growth trend for CMA, I’ve plotted out each year’s earnings expectations and inserted a line of best fit to determine an annual rate of growth from the slope of this line.
From the current net income level of AU$54m and the final forecast of AU$88m by 2022, the annual rate of growth for CMA’s earnings is 12%. This leads to an EPS of A$0.29 in the final year of projections relative to the current EPS of A$0.16. In 2022, CMA's profit margin will have expanded from 49% to 74%.
Next Steps:
Future outlook is only one aspect when you're building an investment case for a stock. For Centuria Metropolitan REIT, I've put together three essential aspects you should further research:
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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 Centuria Metropolitan REIT 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 Centuria Metropolitan REIT is currently mispriced by the market.
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