As Mota-Engil, SGPS, S.A. (ELI:EGL) announced its earnings release on 30 June 2019, the consensus outlook from analysts appear fairly confident, with profits predicted to increase by 7.3% next year compared with the past 5-year average growth rate of -31%. Presently, with latest-twelve-month earnings at €24m, we should see this growing to €25m by 2020. Below is a brief commentary around Mota-Engil SGPS's earnings outlook going forward, which may give you a sense of market sentiment for the company. Readers that are interested in understanding the company beyond these figures should research its fundamentals here.

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Exciting times ahead?

Longer term expectations from the 3 analysts covering EGL’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 EGL'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.

By 2022, EGL's earnings should reach €48m, from current levels of €24m, resulting in an annual growth rate of 31%. This leads to an EPS of €0.23 in the final year of projections relative to the current EPS of €0.10. With a current profit margin of 0.8%, this movement will result in a margin of 1.6% by 2022.

Next Steps:

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