After Prada S.p.A.'s (HKG:1913) earnings announcement in December 2018, it seems that analyst forecasts are fairly optimistic, as a 43% increase in profits is expected in the upcoming year, relative to the past 5-year average growth rate of -24%. By 2020, we can expect Prada’s bottom line to reach €295m, a jump from the current trailing-twelve-month of €205m. Below is a brief commentary around Prada's earnings outlook going forward, which may give you a sense of market sentiment for the company. For those keen to understand more about other aspects of the company, you can research its fundamentals here.

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How will Prada perform in the near future?

The longer term expectations from the 24 analysts of 1913 is tilted towards the positive sentiment. Broker analysts tend to forecast up to three years ahead due to a lack of clarity around the business trajectory beyond this. To get an idea of the overall earnings growth trend for 1913, I’ve plotted out each year’s earnings expectations and inserted a line of best fit to determine an annual rate of growth from the slope of this line.

By 2022, 1913's earnings should reach €330m, from current levels of €205m, resulting in an annual growth rate of 14%. This leads to an EPS of €0.13 in the final year of projections relative to the current EPS of €0.080. In 2022, 1913's profit margin will have expanded from 6.5% to 9.0%.

Next Steps:

Future outlook is only one aspect when you're building an investment case for a stock. For Prada, there are three essential factors you should further research:

1. Financial Health: Does it have a healthy balance sheet? Take a look at our free balance sheet analysis with six simple checks on key factors like leverage and risk.

2. Valuation: What is Prada worth today? Is the stock undervalued, even when its growth outlook is factored into its intrinsic value? The intrinsic value infographic in our free research report helps visualize whether Prada is currently mispriced by the market.

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