Solid Power, Inc. (NASDAQ:SLDP) shareholders will have a reason to smile today, with the analysts making substantial upgrades to next year's statutory forecasts. The consensus estimated revenue numbers rose, with their view now clearly much more bullish on the company's business prospects.

Following the upgrade, the current consensus from Solid Power's four analysts is for revenues of US$24m in 2024 which - if met - would reflect a major 26% increase on its sales over the past 12 months. Per-share losses are expected to explode, reaching US$0.44 per share. However, before this estimates update, the consensus had been expecting revenues of US$20m and US$0.47 per share in losses. So there's been quite a change-up of views after the recent consensus updates, with the analysts making a sizeable increase to their revenue forecasts while also reducing the estimated loss as the business grows towards breakeven.

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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. It's pretty clear that there is an expectation that Solid Power's revenue growth will slow down substantially, with revenues to the end of 2024 expected to display 20% growth on an annualised basis. This is compared to a historical growth rate of 84% over the past three years. By way of comparison, the other companies in this industry with analyst coverage are forecast to grow their revenue at 11% annually. So it's pretty clear that, while Solid Power's revenue growth is expected to slow, it's still expected to grow faster than the industry itself.

The Bottom Line

The highlight for us was that the consensus reduced its estimated losses next year, perhaps suggesting Solid Power is moving incrementally towards profitability. Fortunately, analysts also upgraded their revenue estimates, and our data indicates sales are expected to perform better than the wider market. Seeing the dramatic upgrade to next year's forecasts, it might be time to take another look at Solid Power.

Even so, the longer term trajectory of the business is much more important for the value creation of shareholders. We have estimates - from multiple Solid Power analysts - going out to 2026, and you can see them free on our platform here.

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