Analysts Have Made A Financial Statement On KB Components AB (publ)'s (STO:KBC) Second-Quarter Report
Shareholders of KB Components AB (publ) (STO:KBC) will be pleased this week, given that the stock price is up 13% to kr44.00 following its latest quarterly results. Results look mixed - while revenue fell marginally short of analyst estimates at kr737m, statutory earnings were in line with expectations, at kr1.65 per share. Following the result, the analyst has updated their earnings model, and it would be good to know whether they think there's been a strong change in the company's prospects, or if it's business as usual. So we collected the latest post-earnings statutory consensus estimate to see what could be in store for next year.
Taking into account the latest results, the most recent consensus for KB Components from lone analyst is for revenues of kr3.09b in 2026. If met, it would imply a notable 13% increase on its revenue over the past 12 months. Per-share earnings are expected to leap 188% to kr2.49. In the lead-up to this report, the analyst had been modelling revenues of kr3.06b and earnings per share (EPS) of kr2.55 in 2026. The analyst seem to have become a little more negative on the business after the latest results, given the small dip in their earnings per share numbers for next year.
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It might be a surprise to learn that the consensus price target was broadly unchanged at kr48.00, with the analyst clearly implying that the forecast decline in earnings is not expected to have much of an impact on valuation.
Taking a look at the bigger picture now, one of the ways we can understand these forecasts is to see how they compare to both past performance and industry growth estimates. For example, we noticed that KB Components' rate of growth is expected to accelerate meaningfully, with revenues forecast to exhibit 27% growth to the end of 2026 on an annualised basis. That is well above its historical decline of 5.3% a year over the past year. Compare this against analyst estimates for the broader industry, which suggest that (in aggregate) industry revenues are expected to grow 3.5% annually. So it looks like KB Components is expected to grow faster than its competitors, at least for a while.
The Bottom Line
The most important thing to take away is that the analyst downgraded their earnings per share estimates, showing that there has been a clear decline in sentiment following these results. Happily, there were no major changes to revenue forecasts, with the business still expected to grow faster than the wider industry. There was no real change to the consensus price target, suggesting that the intrinsic value of the business has not undergone any major changes with the latest estimates.
Keeping that in mind, we still think that the longer term trajectory of the business is much more important for investors to consider. We have analyst estimates for KB Components going out as far as 2028, and you can see them free on our platform here.
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