Giantec Semiconductor Corporation (SHSE:688123) shareholders will have a reason to smile today, with the analysts making substantial upgrades to this year's statutory forecasts. The consensus statutory numbers for both revenue and earnings per share (EPS) increased, with their view clearly much more bullish on the company's business prospects. The market may be pricing in some blue sky too, with the share price gaining 16% to CN¥63.90 in the last 7 days. We'll be curious to see if these new estimates convince the market to lift the stock price higher still.

Following the upgrade, the latest consensus from Giantec Semiconductor's three analysts is for revenues of CN¥1.2b in 2023, which would reflect a major 43% improvement in sales compared to the last 12 months. Per-share earnings are expected to leap 97% to CN¥3.35. Previously, the analysts had been modelling revenues of CN¥1.1b and earnings per share (EPS) of CN¥2.29 in 2023. 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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With these upgrades, we're not surprised to see that the analysts have lifted their price target 56% to CN¥111 per share.

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 Giantec Semiconductor's rate of growth is expected to accelerate meaningfully, with the forecast 43% annualised revenue growth to the end of 2023 noticeably faster than its historical growth of 26% p.a. over the past three years. Compare this with other companies in the same industry, which are forecast to grow their revenue 24% annually. It seems obvious that, while the growth outlook is brighter than the recent past, the analysts also expect Giantec Semiconductor to grow faster than the wider industry.

The Bottom Line

The biggest takeaway for us from these new estimates is that analysts upgraded their earnings per share estimates, with improved earnings power expected for this year. They also upgraded their revenue estimates for this year, and sales are expected to grow faster than the wider market. With a serious upgrade to expectations and a rising price target, it might be time to take another look at Giantec Semiconductor.

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