It's been a good week for Skellerup Holdings Limited (NZSE:SKL) shareholders, because the company has just released its latest annual results, and the shares gained 8.9% to NZ$4.75. It looks like the results were a bit of a negative overall. While revenues of NZ$331m were in line with analyst predictions, statutory earnings were less than expected, missing estimates by 9.5% to hit NZ$0.24 per share. Earnings are an important time for investors, as they can track a company's performance, look at what the analysts are forecasting for next year, and see if there's been a change in sentiment towards the company. So we gathered the latest post-earnings forecasts to see what estimates suggest is in store for next year.

Check out our latest analysis for Skellerup Holdings

Following the latest results, Skellerup Holdings' two analysts are now forecasting revenues of NZ$351.4m in 2025. This would be a modest 6.3% improvement in revenue compared to the last 12 months. Statutory earnings per share are predicted to swell 19% to NZ$0.28. Before this earnings report, the analysts had been forecasting revenues of NZ$347.4m and earnings per share (EPS) of NZ$0.29 in 2025. The consensus analysts don't seem to have seen anything in these results that would have changed their view on the business, given there's been no major change to their estimates.

It will come as no surprise then, to learn that the consensus price target is largely unchanged at NZ$5.30.

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. The period to the end of 2025 brings more of the same, according to the analysts, with revenue forecast to display 6.3% growth on an annualised basis. That is in line with its 7.3% annual growth over the past five years. By contrast, our data suggests that other companies (with analyst coverage) in a similar industry are forecast to see their revenues grow 40% per year. So it's pretty clear that Skellerup Holdings is expected to grow slower than similar companies in the same industry.

The Bottom Line

The most important thing to take away is that there's been no major change in sentiment, with the analysts reconfirming that the business is performing in line with their previous earnings per share estimates. On the plus side, there were no major changes to revenue estimates; although forecasts imply they will perform worse than the wider industry. There was no real change to the consensus price target, suggesting that the intrinsic value of the business has not undergone any major changes with the latest estimates.