Last week, you might have seen that SmartRent, Inc. (NYSE:SMRT) released its quarterly result to the market. The early response was not positive, with shares down 2.0% to US$2.40 in the past week. It was a pretty bad result overall; while revenues were in line with expectations at US$50m, statutory losses exploded to US$0.04 per share. The analysts typically update their forecasts at each earnings report, and we can judge from their estimates whether their view of the company has changed or if there are any new concerns to be aware of. With this in mind, we've gathered the latest statutory forecasts to see what the analysts are expecting for next year.

Taking into account the latest results, the most recent consensus for SmartRent from eight analysts is for revenues of US$273.3m in 2024. If met, it would imply a sizeable 23% increase on its revenue over the past 12 months. Losses are predicted to fall substantially, shrinking 44% to US$0.08. Before this latest report, the consensus had been expecting revenues of US$273.0m and US$0.024 per share in losses. So it's pretty clear the analysts have mixed opinions on SmartRent even after this update; although they reconfirmed their revenue numbers, it came at the cost of a considerable increase to per-share losses.

As a result, there was no major change to the consensus price target of US$4.28, with the analysts implicitly confirming that the business looks to be performing in line with expectations, despite higher forecast losses. 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. The most optimistic SmartRent analyst has a price target of US$6.00 per share, while the most pessimistic values it at US$2.70. This is a fairly broad spread of estimates, suggesting that analysts are forecasting a wide range of possible outcomes for the business.

These estimates are interesting, but it can be useful to paint some more broad strokes when seeing how forecasts compare, both to the SmartRent's past performance and to peers in the same industry. The period to the end of 2024 brings more of the same, according to the analysts, with revenue forecast to display 32% growth on an annualised basis. That is in line with its 39% annual growth over the past three years. Compare this with the broader industry, which analyst estimates (in aggregate) suggest will see revenues grow 6.2% annually. So it's pretty clear that SmartRent is forecast to grow substantially faster than its industry.

The Bottom Line

The most important thing to take away is that the analysts increased their loss per share estimates for next year. Happily, there were no major changes to revenue forecasts, with the business still expected to grow faster 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.

Keeping that in mind, we still think that the longer term trajectory of the business is much more important for investors to consider. At Simply Wall St, we have a full range of analyst estimates for SmartRent going out to 2026, and you can see them free on our platform here..

Another thing to consider is whether management and directors have been buying or selling stock recently. We provide an overview of all open market stock trades for the last twelve months on our platform, here.

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