Yahoo Finance Will E*TRADE Financial Corporation's (NASDAQ:ETFC) Earnings Grow In The Next 12 Months?
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After E*TRADE Financial Corporation's (NASDAQ:ETFC) earnings announcement in March 2019, the consensus outlook from analysts appear somewhat bearish, with earnings expected to grow by 0.6% in the upcoming year against the higher past 5-year average growth rate of 31%. With trailing-twelve-month net income at current levels of US$1.0b, we should see this rise to US$1.0b in 2020. 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 E*TRADE Financial in the longer term?
The longer term expectations from the 12 analysts of ETFC is tilted towards the positive sentiment. Given that it becomes hard to forecast far into the future, broker analysts tend to project ahead roughly three years. To reduce the year-on-year volatility of analyst earnings forecast, I've inserted a line of best fit through the expected earnings figures to determine the annual growth rate from the slope of the line.
This results in an annual growth rate of 5.0% based on the most recent earnings level of US$1.0b to the final forecast of US$1.1b by 2022. This leads to an EPS of $4.91 in the final year of projections relative to the current EPS of $3.9. Margins are currently sitting at 34%, which is expected to expand to 35% by 2022.
Next Steps:
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