New Forecasts: Here's What Analysts Think The Future Holds For Nicolet Bankshares, Inc. (NASDAQ:NCBS)

Shareholders in Nicolet Bankshares, Inc. (NASDAQ:NCBS) may be thrilled to learn that the analysts have just delivered a major upgrade to their near-term forecasts. The consensus estimated revenue numbers rose, with their view now clearly much more bullish on the company's business prospects.

Following the latest upgrade, the three analysts covering Nicolet Bankshares provided consensus estimates of US$144m revenue in 2020, which would reflect a chunky 15% decline on its sales over the past 12 months. Statutory earnings per share are anticipated to plunge 24% to US$4.27 in the same period. Prior to this update, the analysts had been forecasting revenues of US$128m and earnings per share (EPS) of US$3.91 in 2020. The most recent forecasts are noticeably more optimistic, with a solid increase in revenue estimates and a lift to earnings per share as well.

See our latest analysis for Nicolet Bankshares

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. We would highlight that sales are expected to reverse, with the forecast 15% revenue decline a notable change from historical growth of 24% over the last five years. Compare this with our data, which suggests that other companies in the same industry are, in aggregate, expected to see their revenue grow 2.5% next year. So although its revenues are forecast to shrink, this cloud does not come with a silver lining - Nicolet Bankshares is expected to lag the wider industry.

The Bottom Line

The most important thing to take away from this upgrade is that analysts upgraded their earnings per share estimates for this year, expecting improving business conditions. Pleasantly, analysts also upgraded their revenue estimates, and their forecasts suggest the business is expected to grow slower than the wider market. Seeing the dramatic upgrade to this year's forecasts, it might be time to take another look at Nicolet Bankshares.

Analysts are clearly in love with Nicolet Bankshares at the moment, but before diving in - you should be aware that we've identified some warning flags with the business, such as dilutive stock issuance over the past year. For more information, you can click through to our platform to learn more about this and the 1 other risk we've identified .

Of course, seeing company management invest large sums of money in a stock can be just as useful as knowing whether analysts are upgrading their estimates. So you may also wish to search this free list of stocks that insiders are buying.

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