What Do Analysts Think About Century Plyboards (India) Limited's (NSE:CENTURYPLY) Growth?
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On 31 March 2019, Century Plyboards (India) Limited (NSE:CENTURYPLY) released its earnings update. Generally, the consensus outlook from analysts appear fairly confident, as a 27% increase in profits is expected in the upcoming year, against the past 5-year average growth rate of 9.8%. By 2020, we can expect Century Plyboards (India)’s bottom line to reach ₹1.9b, a jump from the current trailing-twelve-month of ₹1.5b. In this article, I've outline a few earnings growth rates to give you a sense of the market sentiment for Century Plyboards (India) in the longer term. Readers that are interested in understanding the company beyond these figures should research its fundamentals here.
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How will Century Plyboards (India) perform in the near future?
Longer term expectations from the 8 analysts covering CENTURYPLY’s stock is one of positive sentiment. Since forecasting becomes more difficult further into the future, broker analysts generally project out to around three years. To understand the overall trajectory of CENTURYPLY'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 ₹1.5b and the final forecast of ₹2.5b by 2022, the annual rate of growth for CENTURYPLY’s earnings is 20%. EPS reaches ₹11.1 in the final year of forecast compared to the current ₹6.68 EPS today. With a current profit margin of 6.5%, this movement will result in a margin of 8.4% by 2022.
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