Yahoo Finance What Do Analysts Think About The Future Of NMC Health Plc's (LON:NMC)?
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Looking at NMC Health Plc's (LON:NMC) earnings update in December 2018, analyst consensus outlook appear cautiously optimistic, with earnings growth rate expected to be 28% next year, which is within range of the past five-year average earnings growth of 28%. By 2020, we can expect NMC Health’s bottom line to reach US$319m, a jump from the current trailing-twelve-month of US$249m. I will provide a brief commentary around the figures and analyst expectations in the near term. Readers that are interested in understanding the company beyond these figures should research its fundamentals here.
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How will NMC Health perform in the near future?
The longer term view from the 10 analysts covering NMC is one of positive sentiment. Given that it becomes hard to forecast far into the future, broker analysts tend to project ahead roughly three years. To get an idea of the overall earnings growth trend for NMC, 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.
From the current net income level of US$249m and the final forecast of US$472m by 2022, the annual rate of growth for NMC’s earnings is 18%. This leads to an EPS of $2.28 in the final year of projections relative to the current EPS of $1.2. With a current profit margin of 12%, this movement will result in a margin of 15% by 2022.
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