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As you might know, CEWE Stiftung & Co. KGaA (ETR:CWC) just kicked off its latest full-year results with some very strong numbers. The company beat expectations with revenues of €845m arriving 2.4% ahead of forecasts. Statutory earnings per share (EPS) were €8.64, 4.6% ahead of estimates. 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. So we gathered the latest post-earnings forecasts to see what estimates suggest is in store for next year.
Following last week's earnings report, CEWE Stiftung KGaA's six analysts are forecasting 2025 revenues to be €861.5m, approximately in line with the last 12 months. Per-share earnings are expected to increase 2.2% to €8.92. Before this earnings report, the analysts had been forecasting revenues of €856.1m and earnings per share (EPS) of €8.74 in 2025. So the consensus seems to have become somewhat more optimistic on CEWE Stiftung KGaA's earnings potential following these results.
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There's been no major changes to the consensus price target of €140, suggesting that the improved earnings per share outlook is not enough to have a long-term positive impact on the stock's valuation. There's another way to think about price targets though, and that's to look at the range of price targets put forward by analysts, because a wide range of estimates could suggest a diverse view on possible outcomes for the business. The most optimistic CEWE Stiftung KGaA analyst has a price target of €148 per share, while the most pessimistic values it at €126. With such a narrow range of valuations, the analysts apparently share similar views on what they think the business is worth.
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. It's pretty clear that there is an expectation that CEWE Stiftung KGaA's revenue growth will slow down substantially, with revenues to the end of 2025 expected to display 1.9% growth on an annualised basis. This is compared to a historical growth rate of 3.1% over the past five years. Compare this against other companies (with analyst forecasts) in the industry, which are in aggregate expected to see revenue growth of 4.0% 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 CEWE Stiftung KGaA.