Market forces rained on the parade of Synchronoss Technologies, Inc. (NASDAQ:SNCR) shareholders today, when the analysts downgraded their forecasts for next year.   There was a fairly draconian cut to their revenue estimates, perhaps an implicit admission that previous forecasts were much too optimistic.  

Following the latest downgrade, the current consensus, from the three analysts covering Synchronoss Technologies, is for revenues of US$227m in 2024, which would reflect a noticeable 4.8% reduction in Synchronoss Technologies' sales over the past 12 months.      Prior to the latest estimates, the analysts were forecasting revenues of US$255m in 2024.      It looks like forecasts have become a fair bit less optimistic on Synchronoss Technologies, given the measurable cut to revenue estimates.  

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NasdaqCM:SNCR Earnings and Revenue Growth November 9th 2023

These estimates are interesting, but it can be useful to paint some more broad strokes when seeing how forecasts compare, both to the Synchronoss Technologies' past performance and to peers in the same industry.      One thing that stands out from these estimates is that shrinking revenues are expected to moderate over the period ending 2024 compared to the historical decline of 6.8% per annum over the past five years.   Compare this against analyst estimates for companies in the broader industry, which suggest that revenues (in aggregate) are expected to grow 12% annually.  So while a broad number of companies are forecast to grow, unfortunately Synchronoss Technologies is expected to see its sales affected worse than other companies in the industry.    

The Bottom Line

The most important thing to take away is that analysts cut their revenue estimates for next year.       They also expect company revenue to perform worse than the wider market.       Given the stark change in sentiment, we'd understand if investors became more cautious on Synchronoss Technologies after today.  

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