WildBrain Ltd. (TSE:WILD) last week reported its latest quarterly results, which makes it a good time for investors to dive in and see if the business is performing in line with expectations. Revenues were in line with expectations, at CA$126m, while statutory losses ballooned to CA$0.15 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. Readers will be glad to know we’ve aggregated the latest statutory forecasts to see whether the analysts have changed their mind on WildBrain after the latest results.
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Taking into account the latest results, the consensus forecast from WildBrain’s four analysts is for revenues of CA$570.7m in 2026. This reflects a reasonable 6.1% improvement in revenue compared to the last 12 months. WildBrain is also expected to turn profitable, with statutory earnings of CA$0.023 per share. Before this latest report, the consensus had been expecting revenues of CA$564.9m and CA$0.01 per share in losses. While there’s been no material change to the revenue estimates, there’s been a pretty clear upgrade to earnings estimates, with the analysts expecting a per-share profit compared to previous expectations of a loss. So it seems like the latest results have led to a significant increase in sentiment for WildBrain.
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There’s been no major changes to the consensus price target of CA$2.34, suggesting that the improved earnings per share outlook is not enough to have a long-term positive impact on the stock’s valuation. It could also be instructive to look at the range of analyst estimates, to evaluate how different the outlier opinions are from the mean. The most optimistic WildBrain analyst has a price target of CA$3.00 per share, while the most pessimistic values it at CA$1.60. Analysts definitely have varying views on the business, but the spread of estimates is not wide enough in our view to suggest that extreme outcomes could await WildBrain shareholders.
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 WildBrain’s rate of growth is expected to accelerate meaningfully, with the forecast 8.2% annualised revenue growth to the end of 2026 noticeably faster than its historical growth of 2.6% p.a. over the past five years. Other similar companies in the industry (with analyst coverage) are also forecast to grow their revenue at 9.9% per year. Factoring in the forecast acceleration in revenue, it’s pretty clear that WildBrain is expected to grow at about the same rate as the wider industry.