It's been a mediocre week for Diebold Nixdorf, Incorporated (NYSE:DBD) shareholders, with the stock dropping 12% to US$41.05 in the week since its latest third-quarter results. Things were not great overall, with a surprise (statutory) loss of US$0.60 per share on revenues of US$927m, even though the analyst had been expecting a profit. This is an important time for investors, as they can track a company's performance in its report, look at what expert is forecasting for next year, and see if there has been any change to expectations for the business. We thought readers would find it interesting to see the analyst latest (statutory) post-earnings forecasts for next year.

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Taking into account the latest results, Diebold Nixdorf's lone analyst currently expect revenues in 2025 to be US$3.84b, approximately in line with the last 12 months. Per-share earnings are expected to leap 60,756% to US$3.24. Before this earnings report, the analyst had been forecasting revenues of US$3.86b and earnings per share (EPS) of US$4.77 in 2025. So there's definitely been a decline in sentiment after the latest results, noting the pretty serious reduction to new EPS forecasts.

Despite cutting their earnings forecasts,the analyst has lifted their price target 39% to US$57.50, suggesting that these impacts are not expected to weigh on the stock's value in the long term.

Of course, another way to look at these forecasts is to place them into context against the industry itself. From these estimates it looks as though the analyst expects the years of declining revenue to come to an end, given the flat forecast out to 2025. That would be a definite improvement, given that the past five years have seen revenue shrink 3.5% annually. By contrast, our data suggests that other companies (with analyst coverage) in a similar industry are forecast to see their revenue grow 6.9% per year. So it's pretty clear that, although revenues are improving, Diebold Nixdorf is still expected to grow slower than the industry.

The Bottom Line

The most important thing to take away is that the analyst downgraded their earnings per share estimates, showing that there has been a clear decline in sentiment following these results. Fortunately, the analyst also reconfirmed their revenue estimates, suggesting that it's tracking in line with expectations. Although our data does suggest that Diebold Nixdorf's revenue is expected to perform worse than the wider industry. There was also a nice increase in the price target, with the analyst 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 analyst estimates for Diebold Nixdorf going out as far as 2026, and you can see them free on our platform here.

You still need to take note of risks, for example - Diebold Nixdorf has 3 warning signs (and 1 which doesn't sit too well with us) we think you should know about.

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