Yahoo Finance Will STORE Capital Corporation's (NYSE:STOR) Earnings Grow In The Next 12 Months?
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Since STORE Capital Corporation (NYSE:STOR) released its earnings in March 2019, analyst forecasts seem fairly subdued, with earnings expected to grow by 5.5% in the upcoming year against the higher past 5-year average growth rate of 34%. With trailing-twelve-month net income at current levels of US$217m, we should see this rise to US$229m in 2020. 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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Can we expect STORE Capital to keep growing?
The longer term view from the 8 analysts covering STOR is one of positive sentiment. Since forecasting becomes more difficult further into the future, broker analysts generally project out to around three years. To get an idea of the overall earnings growth trend for STOR, 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.
By 2022, STOR's earnings should reach US$289m, from current levels of US$217m, resulting in an annual growth rate of 11%. This leads to an EPS of $1.08 in the final year of projections relative to the current EPS of $1.06. As revenues is expected to outpace earnings, analysts expect margins to contract from the current 40% to 36% by the end of 2022.
Next Steps:
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