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Daqo New Energy Corp. (NYSE:DQ) missed earnings with its latest first-quarter results, disappointing overly-optimistic forecasters. It looks to have been a weak result overall, as revenue of US$124m were 32% less than the analysts expected. Unsurprisingly, losses were also somewhat larger than was modelled, at US$1.07 per share. Following the result, the analysts have updated their earnings model, and it would be good to know whether they think there's been a strong change in the company's prospects, or if it's business as usual. We thought readers would find it interesting to see the analysts latest (statutory) post-earnings forecasts for next year.
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After the latest results, the nine analysts covering Daqo New Energy are now predicting revenues of US$838.4m in 2025. If met, this would reflect a solid 14% improvement in revenue compared to the last 12 months. The loss per share is expected to greatly reduce in the near future, narrowing 46% to US$3.50. Yet prior to the latest earnings, the analysts had been forecasting revenues of US$846.2m and losses of US$1.80 per share in 2025. So it's pretty clear the analysts have mixed opinions on Daqo New Energy even after this update; although they reconfirmed their revenue numbers, it came at the cost of a massive increase in per-share losses.
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The consensus price target fell 7.8% to US$22.78per share, with the analysts clearly concerned by ballooning losses. 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 Daqo New Energy analyst has a price target of US$35.54 per share, while the most pessimistic values it at US$14.00. This is a fairly broad spread of estimates, suggesting that analysts are forecasting a wide range of possible outcomes for the business.
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. The analysts are definitely expecting Daqo New Energy's growth to accelerate, with the forecast 19% annualised growth to the end of 2025 ranking favourably alongside historical growth of 13% per annum over the past five years. Compare this with other companies in the same industry, which are forecast to grow their revenue 16% annually. Daqo New Energy is expected to grow at about the same rate as its industry, so it's not clear that we can draw any conclusions from its growth relative to competitors.