Arcellx, Inc. (NASDAQ:ACLX) shareholders will have a reason to smile today, with the analysts making substantial upgrades to next year's forecasts. The analysts have sharply increased their revenue numbers, with a view that Arcellx will make substantially more sales than they'd previously expected. Investors have been pretty optimistic on Arcellx too, with the stock up 21% to US$55.21 over the past week. It will be interesting to see if today's upgrade is enough to propel the stock even higher.

After the upgrade, the eleven analysts covering Arcellx are now predicting revenues of US$73m in 2024. If met, this would reflect a huge 55% improvement in sales compared to the last 12 months. Losses are expected to be contained, narrowing 14% per share from last year to US$2.28 per share. Yet before this consensus update, the analysts had been forecasting revenues of US$66m and losses of US$2.40 per share in 2024. We can see there's definitely been a change in sentiment in this update, with the analysts administering a sizeable upgrade to next year's revenue estimates, while at the same time reducing their loss estimates.

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The consensus price target rose 15% to US$60.09, with the analysts encouraged by the higher revenue and lower forecast losses for next year.

Of course, another way to look at these forecasts is to place them into context against the industry itself. It's pretty clear that there is an expectation that Arcellx's revenue growth will slow down substantially, with revenues to the end of 2024 expected to display 42% growth on an annualised basis. This is compared to a historical growth rate of 80% over the past five years. Juxtapose this against the other companies in the industry with analyst coverage, which are forecast to grow their revenues (in aggregate) 16% per year. So it's pretty clear that, while Arcellx's revenue growth is expected to slow, it's still expected to grow faster than the industry itself.

The Bottom Line

The most important thing here is that analysts reduced their loss per share estimates for next year, reflecting increased optimism around Arcellx's prospects. Fortunately, analysts also upgraded their revenue estimates, and our data indicates sales are expected to perform better than the wider market. There was also an increase in the price target, suggesting that there is more optimism baked into the forecasts than there was previously. Seeing the dramatic upgrade to next year's forecasts, it might be time to take another look at Arcellx.

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