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There's been a notable change in appetite for Boise Cascade Company (NYSE:BCC) shares in the week since its full-year report, with the stock down 12% to US$107. Results were roughly in line with estimates, with revenues of US$6.7b and statutory earnings per share of US$9.57. This is an important time for investors, as they can track a company's performance in its report, look at what experts are forecasting for next year, and see if there has been any change to expectations for the business. Readers will be glad to know we've aggregated the latest statutory forecasts to see whether the analysts have changed their mind on Boise Cascade after the latest results.
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Taking into account the latest results, Boise Cascade's six analysts currently expect revenues in 2025 to be US$6.77b, approximately in line with the last 12 months. Statutory earnings per share are forecast to sink 17% to US$8.23 in the same period. Yet prior to the latest earnings, the analysts had been anticipated revenues of US$7.04b and earnings per share (EPS) of US$10.09 in 2025. From this we can that sentiment has definitely become more bearish after the latest results, leading to lower revenue forecasts and a substantial drop in earnings per share estimates.
The consensus price target fell 5.1% to US$135, with the weaker earnings outlook clearly leading valuation estimates. It could also be instructive to look at the range of analyst estimates, to evaluate how different the outlier opinions are from the mean. The most optimistic Boise Cascade analyst has a price target of US$155 per share, while the most pessimistic values it at US$115. Even so, with a relatively close grouping of estimates, it looks like the analysts are quite confident in their valuations, suggesting Boise Cascade is an easy business to forecast or the the analysts are all using similar assumptions.
One way to get more context on these forecasts is to look at how they compare to both past performance, and how other companies in the same industry are performing. We would highlight that Boise Cascade's revenue growth is expected to slow, with the forecast 0.7% annualised growth rate until the end of 2025 being well below the historical 6.2% p.a. growth over the last five years. Compare this against other companies (with analyst forecasts) in the industry, which are in aggregate expected to see revenue growth of 5.4% annually. So it's pretty clear that, while revenue growth is expected to slow down, the wider industry is also expected to grow faster than Boise Cascade.