Sichuan Teway Food Group Co.,Ltd (SHSE:603317) came out with its annual results last week, and we wanted to see how the business is performing and what industry forecasters think of the company following this report. It was an okay result overall, with revenues coming in at CN¥3.1b, roughly what the analysts had been expecting. Following the result, the analysts have 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. We've gathered the most recent statutory forecasts to see whether the analysts have changed their earnings models, following these results.

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Taking into account the latest results, the most recent consensus for Sichuan Teway Food GroupLtd from eleven analysts is for revenues of CN¥3.69b in 2024. If met, it would imply a notable 17% increase on its revenue over the past 12 months. Per-share earnings are expected to jump 20% to CN¥0.52. Before this earnings report, the analysts had been forecasting revenues of CN¥3.78b and earnings per share (EPS) of CN¥0.52 in 2024. The consensus seems maybe a little more pessimistic, trimming their revenue forecasts after the latest results even though there was no change to its EPS estimates.

The consensus has reconfirmed its price target of CN¥17.00, showing that the analysts don't expect weaker revenue expectations next year to have a material impact on Sichuan Teway Food GroupLtd's market value. That's not the only conclusion we can draw from this data however, as some investors also like to consider the spread in estimates when evaluating analyst price targets. There are some variant perceptions on Sichuan Teway Food GroupLtd, with the most bullish analyst valuing it at CN¥19.50 and the most bearish at CN¥15.00 per share. Still, with such a tight range of estimates, it suggeststhe analysts have a pretty good idea of what they think the company is worth.

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 Sichuan Teway Food GroupLtd's rate of growth is expected to accelerate meaningfully, with the forecast 17% annualised revenue growth to the end of 2024 noticeably faster than its historical growth of 14% 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 13% per year. Factoring in the forecast acceleration in revenue, it's pretty clear that Sichuan Teway Food GroupLtd is expected to grow much faster than its industry.

The Bottom Line

The most important thing to take away is that there's been no major change in sentiment, with the analysts reconfirming that the business is performing in line with their previous earnings per share estimates. Regrettably, they also downgraded their revenue estimates, but the latest forecasts still imply the business will grow faster than the wider industry. With that said, earnings are more important to the long-term value of the business. 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. At Simply Wall St, we have a full range of analyst estimates for Sichuan Teway Food GroupLtd going out to 2025, and you can see them free on our platform here..

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