Bank7 Corp. (NASDAQ:BSVN) shareholders will have a reason to smile today, with the analysts making substantial upgrades to this year's statutory forecasts. The analysts greatly increased their revenue estimates, suggesting a stark improvement in business fundamentals. The market seems to be pricing in some improvement in the business too, with the stock up 9.1% over the past week, closing at US$27.36. Could this big upgrade push the stock even higher?

After this upgrade, Bank7's three analysts are now forecasting revenues of US$99m in 2024. This would be a sizeable 40% improvement in sales compared to the last 12 months. Per-share earnings are expected to jump 42% to US$4.35. Previously, the analysts had been modelling revenues of US$86m and earnings per share (EPS) of US$3.89 in 2024. So we can see there's been a pretty clear increase in analyst sentiment in recent times, with both revenues and earnings per share receiving a decent lift in the latest estimates.

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Despite these upgrades, the analysts have not made any major changes to their price target of US$34.33, suggesting that the higher estimates are not likely to have a long term impact on what the stock is worth.

Another way we can view these estimates is in the context of the bigger picture, such as how the forecasts stack up against past performance, and whether forecasts are more or less bullish relative to other companies in the industry. It's clear from the latest estimates that Bank7's rate of growth is expected to accelerate meaningfully, with the forecast 40% annualised revenue growth to the end of 2024 noticeably faster than its historical growth of 14% p.a. over the past five years. Compare this with other companies in the same industry, which are forecast to grow their revenue 5.7% annually. It seems obvious that, while the growth outlook is brighter than the recent past, the analysts also expect Bank7 to grow faster than the wider industry.

The Bottom Line

The most important thing to take away from this upgrade is that analysts upgraded their earnings per share estimates for this year, expecting improving business conditions. Fortunately, analysts also upgraded their revenue estimates, and our data indicates sales are expected to perform better than the wider market. The lack of change in the price target is puzzling, but with a serious upgrade to this year's earnings expectations, it might be time to take another look at Bank7.

With that said, the long-term trajectory of the company's earnings is a lot more important than next year. We have estimates - from multiple Bank7 analysts - going out to 2025, and you can see them free on our platform here.

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