Molten Ventures Plc (LON:GROW) shareholders will have a reason to smile today, with the analysts making substantial upgrades to this year's statutory forecasts. The analysts have sharply increased their revenue numbers, with a view that Molten Ventures will make substantially more sales than they'd previously expected.

After the upgrade, the consensus from Molten Ventures' twin analysts is for revenues of UK£303m in 2022, which would reflect a sizeable 38% decline in sales compared to the last year of performance. Prior to the latest estimates, the analysts were forecasting revenues of UK£204m in 2022. The consensus has definitely become more optimistic, showing a very substantial lift in revenue forecasts.

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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 a forecast 38% annualised revenue decline to the end of 2022. That is a notable change from historical growth of 47% 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 0.6% per year. So although its revenues are forecast to shrink, this cloud does not come with a silver lining - Molten Ventures is expected to lag the wider industry.

The Bottom Line

The highlight for us was that analysts increased their revenue forecasts for Molten Ventures this year. They also expect company revenue to perform worse than the wider market. Given that analysts appear to be expecting substantial improvement in the sales pipeline, now could be the right time to take another look at Molten Ventures.

Analysts are definitely bullish on Molten Ventures, but no company is perfect. Indeed, you should know that there are several potential concerns to be aware of, including dilutive stock issuance over the past year. For more information, you can click through to our platform to  learn more about this and the 2 other flags we've identified  .

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