Analysts' Revenue Estimates For Intellia Therapeutics, Inc. (NASDAQ:NTLA) Are Surging Higher

Celebrations may be in order for Intellia Therapeutics, Inc. (NASDAQ:NTLA) shareholders, with the analysts delivering a significant upgrade to their statutory estimates for the company. The revenue forecast for this year has experienced a facelift, with analysts now much more optimistic on its sales pipeline.

Following the upgrade, the most recent consensus for Intellia Therapeutics from its 22 analysts is for revenues of US$50m in 2022 which, if met, would be a solid 9.7% increase on its sales over the past 12 months. Losses are expected to increase substantially, hitting US$5.84 per share. Yet before this consensus update, the analysts had been forecasting revenues of US$43m and losses of US$5.81 per share in 2022. So there's been quite a change-up of views after the recent consensus updates, withthe analysts noticeably increasing their revenue forecasts while also expecting losses per share to hold steady.

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There were no major changes to the US$123 consensus price target despite the higher revenue estimates, with the analysts seeming to believe that ongoing losses have a larger impact on the valuation than growing sales. The consensus price target is just an average of individual analyst targets, so - it could be handy to see how wide the range of underlying estimates is. There are some variant perceptions on Intellia Therapeutics, with the most bullish analyst valuing it at US$207 and the most bearish at US$54.00 per share. With such a wide range in price targets, the analysts are almost certainly betting on widely diverse outcomes for the underlying business. With this in mind, we wouldn't rely too heavily on the consensus price target, as it is just an average and analysts clearly have some deeply divergent views on the business.

Of course, another way to look at these forecasts is to place them into context against the industry itself. The analysts are definitely expecting Intellia Therapeutics' growth to accelerate, with the forecast 20% annualised growth to the end of 2022 ranking favourably alongside historical growth of 11% per annum over the past five years. Compare this with other companies in the same industry, which are forecast to grow their revenue 15% annually. It seems obvious that, while the growth outlook is brighter than the recent past, the analysts also expect Intellia Therapeutics to grow faster than the wider industry.

The Bottom Line

The most important thing here is that analysts reduced their loss per share estimates for this year, reflecting increased optimism around Intellia Therapeutics' prospects. Fortunately, analysts also upgraded their revenue estimates, and our data indicates sales are expected to perform better than the wider market. Given that analysts appear to be expecting substantial improvement in the sales pipeline, now could be the right time to take another look at Intellia Therapeutics.

These earnings upgrades look like a sterling endorsement, but before diving in - you should know that we've spotted 4 potential concerns with Intellia Therapeutics, including dilutive stock issuance over the past year. For more information, you can click through to our platform to learn more about this and the 3 other concerns we've identified .

Of course, seeing company management invest large sums of money in a stock can be just as useful as knowing whether analysts are upgrading their estimates. So you may also wish to search this free list of stocks that insiders are buying.

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