Yahoo Finance Analysts Are More Bearish On Jet2 plc (LON:JET2) Than They Used To Be
The latest analyst coverage could presage a bad day for Jet2 plc (LON:JET2), with the analysts making across-the-board cuts to their statutory estimates that might leave shareholders a little shell-shocked. Both revenue and earnings per share (EPS) forecasts went under the knife, suggesting analysts have soured majorly on the business.
After this downgrade, Jet2's five analysts are now forecasting revenues of UK£1.4b in 2022. This would be a huge 245% improvement in sales compared to the last 12 months. Losses are predicted to fall substantially, shrinking 58% to UK£0.70. Yet before this consensus update, the analysts had been forecasting revenues of UK£2.0b and losses of UK£0.59 per share in 2022. So there's been quite a change-up of views after the recent consensus updates, with the analysts making a serious cut to their revenue forecasts while also expecting losses per share to increase.
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These estimates are interesting, but it can be useful to paint some more broad strokes when seeing how forecasts compare, both to the Jet2's past performance and to peers in the same industry. The analysts are definitely expecting Jet2's growth to accelerate, with the forecast 245% annualised growth to the end of 2022 ranking favourably alongside historical growth of 5.7% per annum over the past five years. Compare this with other companies in the same industry, which are forecast to grow their revenue 34% annually. It seems obvious that, while the growth outlook is brighter than the recent past, the analysts also expect Jet2 to grow faster than the wider industry.
The Bottom Line
The most important thing to note from this downgrade is that the consensus increased its forecast losses this year, suggesting all may not be well at Jet2. While analysts did downgrade their revenue estimates, these forecasts still imply revenues will perform better than the wider market. Given the serious cut to this year's outlook, it's clear that analysts have turned more bearish on Jet2, and we wouldn't blame shareholders for feeling a little more cautious themselves.
That said, the analysts might have good reason to be negative on Jet2, given dilutive stock issuance over the past year. For more information, you can click here to discover this and the 3 other concerns we've identified.
Of course, seeing company management invest large sums of money in a stock can be just as useful as knowing whether analysts are downgrading their estimates. So you may also wish to search this free list of stocks that insiders are buying.
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