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Analysts Just Shipped A Meaningful Upgrade To Their Trevali Mining Corporation (TSE:TV) Estimates
Simply Wall St
Mon, February 28, 2022, 6:45 AM
Shareholders in Trevali Mining Corporation (TSE:TV) may be thrilled to learn that the analysts have just delivered a major upgrade to their near-term forecasts. The analysts greatly increased their revenue estimates, suggesting a stark improvement in business fundamentals.
Following the upgrade, the current consensus from Trevali Mining's six analysts is for revenues of US$359m in 2022 which - if met - would reflect a substantial 25% increase on its sales over the past 12 months. The losses are expected to disappear over the next year or so, with forecasts for a profit of US$0.41 per share this year. Previously, the analysts had been modelling revenues of US$310m and earnings per share (EPS) of US$0.30 in 2022. So we can see there's been a pretty clear increase in analyst sentiment in recent times, with both revenues and earnings per share receiving a decent lift in the latest estimates.
Although the analysts have upgraded their earnings estimates, there was no change to the consensus price target of US$1.86, suggesting that the forecast performance does not have a long term impact on the company's valuation. It could also be instructive to look at the range of analyst estimates, to evaluate how different the outlier opinions are from the mean. Currently, the most bullish analyst values Trevali Mining at US$4.96 per share, while the most bearish prices it at US$1.40. So we wouldn't be assigning too much credibility to analyst price targets in this case, because there are clearly some widely differing views on what kind of performance this business can generate. With this in mind, we wouldn't rely too heavily on the consensus price target, as it is just an average and analysts clearly have some deeply divergent views on the business.
These estimates are interesting, but it can be useful to paint some more broad strokes when seeing how forecasts compare, both to the Trevali Mining's past performance and to peers in the same industry. It's clear from the latest estimates that Trevali Mining's rate of growth is expected to accelerate meaningfully, with the forecast 25% annualised revenue growth to the end of 2022 noticeably faster than its historical growth of 3.2% p.a. over the past five years. By contrast, our data suggests that other companies (with analyst coverage) in a similar industry are forecast to grow their revenue at 8.7% per year. Factoring in the forecast acceleration in revenue, it's pretty clear that Trevali Mining is expected to grow much faster than its industry.
The Bottom Line
The most important thing to take away from this upgrade is that analysts upgraded their earnings per share estimates for this year, expecting improving business conditions. Fortunately, analysts also upgraded their revenue estimates, and our data indicates sales are expected to perform better than the wider market. Some investors might be disappointed to see that the price target is unchanged, but we feel that improving fundamentals are usually a positive - assuming these forecasts are met! So Trevali Mining could be a good candidate for more research.