Yahoo Finance Atento S.A. (NYSE:ATTO): Poised For Long Term Success?
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In December 2018, Atento S.A. (NYSE:ATTO) announced its earnings update. Overall, analysts seem extremely confident, as a 68% rise in profits is expected in the upcoming year, against the historical 5-year average growth rate of 2.5%. By 2020, we can expect Atento’s bottom line to reach US$31m, a jump from the current trailing-twelve-month of US$19m. I will provide a brief commentary around the figures and analyst expectations in the near term. For those keen to understand more about other aspects of the company, you can research its fundamentals here.
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What can we expect from Atento in the longer term?
The 7 analysts covering ATTO view its longer term outlook with a 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 ATTO, 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.
This results in an annual growth rate of 27% based on the most recent earnings level of US$19m to the final forecast of US$41m by 2022. EPS reaches $0.55 in the final year of forecast compared to the current $0.25 EPS today. In 2022, ATTO's profit margin will have expanded from 1.0% to 2.3%.
Next Steps:
Future outlook is only one aspect when you're building an investment case for a stock. For Atento, I've put together three fundamental factors you should further examine:
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.
Valuation: What is Atento 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 Atento is currently mispriced by the market.
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