Celebrations may be in order for Bellevue Gold Limited (ASX:BGL) shareholders, with the analysts delivering a significant upgrade to their statutory estimates for the company. The consensus statutory numbers for both revenue and earnings per share (EPS) increased, with their view clearly much more bullish on the company’s business prospects. The stock price has risen 8.0% to AU$1.68 over the past week, suggesting investors are becoming more optimistic. Whether the upgrade is enough to drive the stock price higher is yet to be seen, however.

Following the upgrade, the current consensus from Bellevue Gold’s six analysts is for revenues of AU$259m in 2024 which – if met – would reflect a huge 428% increase on its sales over the past 12 months. The losses are expected to disappear over the next year or so, with forecasts for a profit of AU$0.056 per share this year. Prior to this update, the analysts had been forecasting revenues of AU$230m and earnings per share (EPS) of AU$0.045 in 2024. There has definitely been an improvement in perception recently, with the analysts substantially increasing both their earnings and revenue estimates.

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One way to get more context on these forecasts is to look at how they compare to both past performance, and how other companies in the same industry are performing. It’s clear from the latest estimates that Bellevue Gold’s rate of growth is expected to accelerate meaningfully, with the forecast 4x annualised revenue growth to the end of 2024 noticeably faster than its historical growth of 105% p.a. over the past five years. By contrast, our data suggests that other companies (with analyst coverage) in a similar industry are forecast to grow their revenue at 1.6% per year. It seems obvious that, while the growth outlook is brighter than the recent past, the analysts also expect Bellevue Gold to grow faster than the wider industry.

The Bottom Line

The biggest takeaway for us from these new estimates is that analysts upgraded their earnings per share estimates, with improved earnings power expected for this year. They also upgraded their revenue estimates for this year, and sales are expected to grow faster than the wider market. With a serious upgrade to expectations, it might be time to take another look at Bellevue Gold.

Analysts are clearly in love with Bellevue Gold at the moment, but before diving in – you should be aware that we’ve identified some warning flags with the business, such as dilutive stock issuance over the past year. For more information, you can click through to our platform to learn more about this and the 1 other concern we’ve identified .

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