RE: Deception by BoD?6 Jun 2024 13:49
Consensus for now .54p
Althoughthe analysts have revised their earnings forecasts for next year, they've also lifted the consensus price target 8.8% to UK£0.54, suggesting the revised estimates are not indicative of a weaker long-term future for the business. The consensus price target is just an average of individual analyst targets, so - it could be handy to see how wide the range of underlying estimates is. There are some variant perceptions on Petrofac, with the most bullish analyst valuing it at UK£1.00 and the most bearish at UK£0.098 per share. We would probably assign less value to the analyst forecasts in this situation, because such a wide range of estimates could imply that the future of this business is difficult to value accurately. As a result it might not be a great idea to make decisions based on the consensus price target, which is after all just an average of this wide range of estimates.