Yahoo Finance Loss-Making Shop Apotheke Europe N.V. (ETR:SAE) Expected To Breakeven
Shop Apotheke Europe N.V.'s (ETR:SAE): Shop Apotheke Europe N.V. owns and operates online pharmacies in Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Belgium, the Netherlands, France, Italy, and Spain. The company’s loss has recently broadened since it announced a -€33.6m loss in the full financial year, compared to the latest trailing-twelve-month loss of -€40.0m, moving it further away from breakeven. As path to profitability is the topic on SAE’s investors mind, I’ve decided to gauge market sentiment. In this article, I will touch on the expectations for SAE’s growth and when analysts expect the company to become profitable.
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SAE is bordering on breakeven, according to the 5 Online Retail analysts. They anticipate the company to incur a final loss in 2021, before generating positive profits of €25m in 2022. So, SAE is predicted to breakeven approximately 3 years from today. In order to meet this breakeven date, I calculated the rate at which SAE must grow year-on-year. It turns out an average annual growth rate of 56% is expected, which is rather optimistic! If this rate turns out to be too aggressive, SAE may become profitable much later than analysts predict.
I’m not going to go through company-specific developments for SAE given that this is a high-level summary, however, bear in mind that typically a high forecast growth rate is not unusual for a company that is currently undergoing an investment period.
One thing I would like to bring into light with SAE is its relatively high level of debt. Generally, the rule of thumb is debt shouldn’t exceed 40% of your equity, which in SAE’s case is 58%. Note that a higher debt obligation increases the risk around investing in the loss-making company.
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There are too many aspects of SAE to cover in one brief article, but the key fundamentals for the company can all be found in one place – SAE’s company page on Simply Wall St. I’ve also put together a list of pertinent aspects you should look at:
Historical Track Record: What has SAE's performance been like over the past? Go into more detail in the past track record analysis and take a look at the free visual representations of our analysis for more clarity.
Management Team: An experienced management team on the helm increases our confidence in the business – take a look at who sits on Shop Apotheke Europe’s board and the CEO’s back ground.
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