What You Need To Know About The Eos Energy Enterprises, Inc. (NASDAQ:EOSE) Analyst Downgrade Today

The latest analyst coverage could presage a bad day for Eos Energy Enterprises, Inc. (NASDAQ:EOSE), with the analysts making across-the-board cuts to their statutory estimates that might leave shareholders a little shell-shocked. Revenue estimates were cut sharply as analysts signalled a weaker outlook - perhaps a sign that investors should temper their expectations as well. Investors however, have been notably more optimistic about Eos Energy Enterprises recently, with the stock price up a remarkable 20% to US$2.44 in the past week. It will be interesting to see if the downgrade has an impact on buying demand for the company's shares.

After the downgrade, the seven analysts covering Eos Energy Enterprises are now predicting revenues of US$43m in 2023. If met, this would reflect a substantial 81% improvement in sales compared to the last 12 months. Losses are forecast to hold steady at around US$2.27. Yet prior to the latest estimates, the analysts had been forecasting revenues of US$50m and losses of US$2.15 per share in 2023. So there's been quite a change-up of views after the recent consensus updates, with the analysts making a serious cut to their revenue forecasts while also expecting losses per share to increase.

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These estimates are interesting, but it can be useful to paint some more broad strokes when seeing how forecasts compare, both to the Eos Energy Enterprises' past performance and to peers in the same industry. We can infer from the latest estimates that forecasts expect a continuation of Eos Energy Enterprises'historical trends, as the 121% annualised revenue growth to the end of 2023 is roughly in line with the 114% annual revenue growth over the past three years. By contrast, our data suggests that other companies (with analyst coverage) in a similar industry are forecast to see their revenues grow 9.5% per year. So although Eos Energy Enterprises is expected to maintain its revenue growth rate, it's definitely expected to grow faster than the wider industry.

The Bottom Line

The most important thing to take away is that analysts increased their loss per share estimates for this year. Unfortunately, analysts also downgraded their revenue estimates, although our data indicates revenues are expected to perform better than the wider market. Overall, given the drastic downgrade to this year's forecasts, we'd be feeling a little more wary of Eos Energy Enterprises going forwards.

As you can see, the analysts clearly aren't bullish, and there might be good reason for that. We've identified some potential issues with Eos Energy Enterprises' financials, such as a short cash runway. Learn more, and discover the 1 other concern we've identified, for free on our platform here.

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