With the business potentially at an important milestone, we thought we'd take a closer look at SmartRent, Inc.'s (NYSE:SMRT) future prospects. SmartRent, Inc., an enterprise real estate technology company, provides management software and applications to rental property owners and operators, property managers, homebuilders, developers, and residents in the United States and internationally. The US$314m market-cap company's loss lessened since it announced a US$35m loss in the full financial year, compared to the latest trailing-twelve-month loss of US$26m, as it approaches breakeven. The most pressing concern for investors is SmartRent's path to profitability – when will it breakeven? Below we will provide a high-level summary of the industry analysts' expectations for the company.

According to the 4 industry analysts covering SmartRent, the consensus is that breakeven is near. They anticipate the company to incur a final loss in 2025, before generating positive profits of US$11m in 2026. So, the company is predicted to breakeven approximately 2 years from today. What rate will the company have to grow year-on-year in order to breakeven on this date? Using a line of best fit, we calculated an average annual growth rate of 65%, which is rather optimistic! If this rate turns out to be too aggressive, the company may become profitable much later than analysts predict.

Underlying developments driving SmartRent's growth isn't the focus of this broad overview, however, take into account that generally a high growth rate is not out of the ordinary, particularly when a company is in a period of investment.

One thing we'd like to point out is that SmartRent has no debt on its balance sheet, which is quite unusual for a cash-burning growth company, which usually has a high level of debt relative to its equity. This means that the company has been operating purely on its equity investment and has no debt burden. This aspect reduces the risk around investing in the loss-making company.

Next Steps:

There are too many aspects of SmartRent to cover in one brief article, but the key fundamentals for the company can all be found in one place – SmartRent's company page on Simply Wall St. We've also compiled a list of essential factors you should look at:

1. Valuation: What is SmartRent worth today? Has the future growth potential already been factored into the price? The intrinsic value infographic in our free research report helps visualize whether SmartRent is currently mispriced by the market.
2. Management Team: An experienced management team on the helm increases our confidence in the business – take a look at who sits on SmartRent's board and the CEO's background.
3. Other High-Performing Stocks: Are there other stocks that provide better prospects with proven track records? Explore our free list of these great stocks here.

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