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It's been a good week for Pet Valu Holdings Ltd. (TSE:PET) shareholders, because the company has just released its latest first-quarter results, and the shares gained 9.9% to CA$30.52. Pet Valu Holdings reported in line with analyst predictions, delivering revenues of CA$279m and statutory earnings per share of CA$1.21, suggesting the business is executing well and in line with its plan. Earnings are an important time for investors, as they can track a company's performance, look at what the analysts are forecasting for next year, and see if there's been a change in sentiment towards the company. Readers will be glad to know we've aggregated the latest statutory forecasts to see whether the analysts have changed their mind on Pet Valu Holdings after the latest results.
Taking into account the latest results, the most recent consensus for Pet Valu Holdings from nine analysts is for revenues of CA$1.18b in 2025. If met, it would imply a modest 6.0% increase on its revenue over the past 12 months. Per-share earnings are expected to accumulate 5.0% to CA$1.37. In the lead-up to this report, the analysts had been modelling revenues of CA$1.18b and earnings per share (EPS) of CA$1.35 in 2025. The consensus analysts don't seem to have seen anything in these results that would have changed their view on the business, given there's been no major change to their estimates.
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With the analysts reconfirming their revenue and earnings forecasts, it's surprising to see that the price target rose 6.0% to CA$34.39. It looks as though they previously had some doubts over whether the business would live up to their expectations. It could also be instructive to look at the range of analyst estimates, to evaluate how different the outlier opinions are from the mean. The most optimistic Pet Valu Holdings analyst has a price target of CA$40.00 per share, while the most pessimistic values it at CA$32.00. This is a very narrow spread of estimates, implying either that Pet Valu Holdings is an easy company to value, or - more likely - the analysts are relying heavily on some key assumptions.
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 period to the end of 2025 brings more of the same, according to the analysts, with revenue forecast to display 8.1% growth on an annualised basis. That is in line with its 9.3% annual growth over the past three years. Juxtapose this against our data, which suggests that other companies (with analyst coverage) in the industry are forecast to see their revenues grow 9.3% per year. It's clear that while Pet Valu Holdings' revenue growth is expected to continue on its current trajectory, it's only expected to grow in line with the industry itself.