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Investors in Symrise AG (ETR:SY1) had a good week, as its shares rose 3.5% to close at €94.84 following the release of its full-year results. Symrise reported €5.0b in revenue, roughly in line with analyst forecasts, although statutory earnings per share (EPS) of €3.42 beat expectations, being 2.4% higher than what the analysts expected. 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 Symrise after the latest results.
After the latest results, the 16 analysts covering Symrise are now predicting revenues of €5.28b in 2025. If met, this would reflect a credible 5.7% improvement in revenue compared to the last 12 months. Statutory earnings per share are predicted to step up 12% to €3.85. Yet prior to the latest earnings, the analysts had been anticipated revenues of €5.29b and earnings per share (EPS) of €3.85 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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There were no changes to revenue or earnings estimates or the price target of €118, suggesting that the company has met expectations in its recent result. 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 Symrise analyst has a price target of €135 per share, while the most pessimistic values it at €100.00. Still, with such a tight range of estimates, it suggeststhe analysts have a pretty good idea of what they think the company is worth.
Looking at the bigger picture now, one of the ways we can make sense of these forecasts is to see how they measure up against both past performance and industry growth estimates. We would highlight that Symrise's revenue growth is expected to slow, with the forecast 5.7% annualised growth rate until the end of 2025 being well below the historical 8.9% p.a. growth over the last five years. By way of comparison, the other companies in this industry with analyst coverage are forecast to grow their revenue at 4.0% annually. So it's pretty clear that, while Symrise's revenue growth is expected to slow, it's still expected to grow faster than the industry itself.