Yahoo Finance Need To Know: Analysts Just Made A Substantial Cut To Their loanDepot, Inc. (NYSE:LDI) Estimates
Market forces rained on the parade of loanDepot, Inc. (NYSE:LDI) shareholders today, when the analysts downgraded their forecasts for this year. Both revenue and earnings per share (EPS) estimates were cut sharply as analysts factored in the latest outlook for the business, concluding that they were too optimistic previously. Bidders are definitely seeing a different story, with the stock price of US$2.08 reflecting a 11% rise in the past week. It will be interesting to see if the downgrade has an impact on buying demand for the company's shares.
Following the latest downgrade, the current consensus, from the ten analysts covering loanDepot, is for revenues of US$1.4b in 2022, which would reflect a painful 47% reduction in loanDepot's sales over the past 12 months. Losses are supposed to balloon 144% to US$1.17 per share. However, before this estimates update, the consensus had been expecting revenues of US$1.6b and US$0.64 per share in losses. 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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Of course, another way to look at these forecasts is to place them into context against the industry itself. One more thing stood out to us about these estimates, and it's the idea that loanDepot's decline is expected to accelerate, with revenues forecast to fall at an annualised rate of 72% to the end of 2022. This tops off a historical decline of 47% a year over the past year. Compare this against analyst estimates for companies in the broader industry, which suggest that revenues (in aggregate) are expected to grow 7.0% annually. So it's pretty clear that, while it does have declining revenues, the analysts also expect loanDepot to suffer worse than the wider industry.
The Bottom Line
The most important thing to take away is that analysts increased their loss per share estimates for this year. Regrettably, they also downgraded their revenue estimates, and the latest forecasts imply the business will grow sales slower than the wider market. Given the serious cut to this year's outlook, it's clear that analysts have turned more bearish on loanDepot, and we wouldn't blame shareholders for feeling a little more cautious themselves.
Even so, the longer term trajectory of the business is much more important for the value creation of shareholders. At Simply Wall St, we have a full range of analyst estimates for loanDepot going out to 2024, and you can see them free on our platform here.
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