Analysts Just Shipped A Substantial Upgrade To Their Hua Hong Grace Semiconductor Limited (HKG:1347) Estimates

Celebrations may be in order for Hua Hong Grace Semiconductor Limited (HKG:1347) shareholders, with the analysts delivering a significant upgrade to their statutory estimates for the company. Consensus estimates suggest investors could expect greatly increased statutory revenues and earnings per share, with analysts modelling a real improvement in business performance. Hua Hong Grace Semiconductor has also found favour with investors, with the stock up a notable 26% to HK$74.55 over the past week. We'll be curious to see if these new estimates convince the market to lift the stock price higher still.

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Following the upgrade, the most recent consensus for Hua Hong Grace Semiconductor from its eight analysts is for revenues of US$4.6b in 2027 which, if met, would be a huge 64% increase on its sales over the past 12 months. Statutory earnings per share are presumed to bounce 189% to US$0.29. Previously, the analysts had been modelling revenues of US$3.8b and earnings per share (EPS) of US$0.15 in 2027. 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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Despite these upgrades, the consensus price target fell 7.6% to US$16.63, perhaps signalling that the uplift in performance is not expected to last. Fixating on a single price target can be unwise though, since the consensus target is effectively the average of analyst price targets. As a result, some investors like to look at the range of estimates to see if there are any diverging opinions on the company's valuation. There are some variant perceptions on Hua Hong Grace Semiconductor, with the most bullish analyst valuing it at US$35.70 and the most bearish at US$6.00 per share. We would probably assign less value to the 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 possible to derive much meaning from the consensus price target, which is after all just an average of this wide range of estimates.

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 clear from the latest estimates that Hua Hong Grace Semiconductor's rate of growth is expected to accelerate meaningfully, with the forecast 48% annualised revenue growth to the end of 2027 noticeably faster than its historical growth of 5.7% p.a. over the past five years. By contrast, our data suggests that other companies (with analyst coverage) in a similar industry are forecast to grow their revenue at 24% per year. It seems obvious that, while the growth outlook is brighter than the recent past, the analysts also expect Hua Hong Grace 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 next year. They also upgraded their revenue estimates for next year, and sales are expected to grow faster than the wider market. The declining price target is a puzzle, but still - with a serious upgrade to next year's expectations, it might be time to take another look at Hua Hong Grace Semiconductor.

With that said, the long-term trajectory of the company's earnings is a lot more important than next year. At Simply Wall St, we have a full range of analyst estimates for Hua Hong Grace Semiconductor going out to 2028, and you can see them free on our platform here..

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