Today is shaping up negative for PetroTal Corp. (CVE:TAL) shareholders, with the analysts delivering a substantial negative revision to this year's forecasts. This report focused on revenue estimates, and it looks as though the consensus view of the business has become substantially more conservative.

After this downgrade, PetroTal's three analysts are now forecasting revenues of US$391m in 2022. This would be a substantial 42% improvement in sales compared to the last 12 months. Before the latest update, the analysts were foreseeing US$469m of revenue in 2022. The consensus view seems to have become more pessimistic on PetroTal, noting the measurable cut to revenue estimates in this update.

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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 PetroTal's growth to accelerate, with the forecast 101% annualised growth to the end of 2022 ranking favourably alongside historical growth of 63% per annum over the past five years. By contrast, our data suggests that other companies (with analyst coverage) in a similar industry are forecast to grow their revenue at 0.9% per year. Factoring in the forecast acceleration in revenue, it's pretty clear that PetroTal is expected to grow much faster than its industry.

The Bottom Line

The most important thing to take away is that analysts cut their revenue estimates for this year. They're also forecasting more rapid revenue growth than the wider market. Overall, given the drastic downgrade to this year's forecasts, we'd be feeling a little more wary of PetroTal going forwards.

As you can see, the analysts clearly aren't bullish, and there might be good reason for that. We've identified some potential issues with PetroTal's financials, such as recent substantial insider selling. Learn more, and discover the 2 other concerns we've identified, for free on our platform here.

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