Cowell e Holdings Inc. (HKG:1415) shareholders will have a reason to smile today, with the analysts making substantial upgrades to this year's forecasts. The revenue forecast for this year has experienced a facelift, with analysts now much more optimistic on its sales pipeline. Investors have been pretty optimistic on Cowell e Holdings too, with the stock up 10% to HK$23.45 over the past week. Could this upgrade be enough to drive the stock even higher?

After this upgrade, Cowell e Holdings' nine analysts are now forecasting revenues of US$2.1b in 2024. This would be a huge 83% improvement in sales compared to the last 12 months. Before the latest update, the analysts were foreseeing US$1.8b of revenue in 2024. It looks like there's been a clear increase in optimism around Cowell e Holdings, given the solid increase in revenue forecasts.

Looking at the bigger picture now, one of the ways we can make sense of these forecasts is to see how they measure up against both past performance and industry growth estimates. It's clear from the latest estimates that Cowell e Holdings' rate of growth is expected to accelerate meaningfully, with the forecast 235% annualised revenue growth to the end of 2024 noticeably faster than its historical growth of 15% 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 12% per year. Factoring in the forecast acceleration in revenue, it's pretty clear that Cowell e Holdings is expected to grow much faster than its industry.

The Bottom Line

The most important thing to take away from this upgrade is that analysts lifted their revenue estimates for this year. They're also forecasting more rapid revenue growth than the wider market. Seeing the dramatic upgrade to this year's forecasts, it might be time to take another look at Cowell e Holdings.

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