Umpqua Holdings Corporation (NASDAQ:UMPQ) shareholders will have a reason to smile today, with the analysts making substantial upgrades to this year's forecasts. The analysts have sharply increased their revenue numbers, with a view that Umpqua Holdings will make substantially more sales than they'd previously expected.
After the upgrade, the seven analysts covering Umpqua Holdings are now predicting revenues of US$1.4b in 2022. If met, this would reflect a modest 6.5% improvement in sales compared to the last 12 months. Statutory earnings per share are anticipated to fall 18% to US$1.60 in the same period. Before this latest update, the analysts had been forecasting revenues of US$1.2b and earnings per share (EPS) of US$1.58 in 2022. There's clearly been a surge in bullishness around the company's sales pipeline, even if there's no real change in earnings per share forecasts.
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Taking a look at the bigger picture now, one of the ways we can understand these forecasts is to see how they compare to both past performance and industry growth estimates. The analysts are definitely expecting Umpqua Holdings' growth to accelerate, with the forecast 6.5% annualised growth to the end of 2022 ranking favourably alongside historical growth of 2.9% 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 4.9% per year. Factoring in the forecast acceleration in revenue, it's pretty clear that Umpqua Holdings is expected to grow much faster than its industry.
The Bottom Line
The most obvious conclusion from this consensus update is that there's been no major change in the business' prospects in recent times, with analysts holding earnings per share steady, in line with previous estimates. Fortunately, analysts also upgraded their revenue estimates, and our data indicates sales are expected to perform better than the wider market. Given that analysts appear to be expecting substantial improvement in the sales pipeline, now could be the right time to take another look at Umpqua Holdings.
With that said, the long-term trajectory of the company's earnings is a lot more important than next year. At Simply Wall St, we have a full range of analyst estimates for Umpqua Holdings going out to 2023, and you can see them free on our platform here..
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