Hims & Hers Health, Inc. Just Beat Analyst Forecasts, And Analysts Have Been Updating Their Predictions

Simply Wall St.
06 Nov 2024

Hims & Hers Health, Inc. (NYSE:HIMS) investors will be delighted, with the company turning in some strong numbers with its latest results. It was overall a positive result, with revenues beating expectations by 4.9% to hit US$402m. Hims & Hers Health also reported a statutory profit of US$0.32, which was an impressive 534% above what the analysts had forecast. 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 Hims & Hers Health after the latest results.

Check out our latest analysis for Hims & Hers Health

NYSE:HIMS Earnings and Revenue Growth November 6th 2024

Taking into account the latest results, the current consensus from Hims & Hers Health's twelve analysts is for revenues of US$2.04b in 2025. This would reflect a huge 64% increase on its revenue over the past 12 months. Statutory per-share earnings are expected to be US$0.46, roughly flat on the last 12 months. Before this earnings report, the analysts had been forecasting revenues of US$1.87b and earnings per share (EPS) of US$0.41 in 2025. There's been a pretty noticeable increase in sentiment, with the analysts upgrading revenues and making a substantial gain in earnings per share in particular.

It will come as no surprise to learn that the analysts have increased their price target for Hims & Hers Health 11% to US$24.17on the back of these upgrades. There's another way to think about price targets though, and that's to look at the range of price targets put forward by analysts, because a wide range of estimates could suggest a diverse view on possible outcomes for the business. The most optimistic Hims & Hers Health analyst has a price target of US$32.00 per share, while the most pessimistic values it at US$16.00. This is a fairly broad spread of estimates, suggesting that analysts are forecasting a wide range of possible outcomes for the business.

One way to get more context on these forecasts is to look at how they compare to both past performance, and how other companies in the same industry are performing. The period to the end of 2025 brings more of the same, according to the analysts, with revenue forecast to display 48% growth on an annualised basis. That is in line with its 50% annual growth over the past five years. By contrast, our data suggests that other companies (with analyst coverage) in a similar industry are forecast to see their revenues grow 6.7% per year. So although Hims & Hers Health 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 here is that the analysts upgraded their earnings per share estimates, suggesting that there has been a clear increase in optimism towards Hims & Hers Health following these results. Pleasantly, they also upgraded their revenue estimates, and their forecasts suggest the business is expected to grow faster than the wider industry. There was also a nice increase in the price target, with the analysts clearly feeling that the intrinsic value of the business is improving.

Keeping that in mind, we still think that the longer term trajectory of the business is much more important for investors to consider. We have forecasts for Hims & Hers Health going out to 2026, and you can see them free on our platform here.

However, before you get too enthused, we've discovered 2 warning signs for Hims & Hers Health that you should be aware of.

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