Shareholders of Jumia Technologies AG (NYSE:JMIA) will be pleased this week, given that the stock price is up 16% to US$7.77 following its latest first-quarter results. Overall the results were a little better than the analysts were expecting, with revenues beating forecasts by 8.6%to hit US$50m. Following the result, the analysts have updated their earnings model, and it would be good to know whether they think there's been a strong change in the company's prospects, or if it's business as usual. So we collected the latest post-earnings statutory consensus estimates to see what could be in store for next year.

Following the latest results, Jumia Technologies' four analysts are now forecasting revenues of US$237.2m in 2026. This would be a meaningful 17% improvement in revenue compared to the last 12 months. Losses are predicted to fall substantially, shrinking 41% to US$0.30. Yet prior to the latest earnings, the analysts had been forecasting revenues of US$239.7m and losses of US$0.25 per share in 2026. While this year's revenue estimates held steady, there was also a massive increase in loss per share expectations, suggesting the consensus has a bit of a mixed view on the stock.

As a result, there was no major change to the consensus price target of US$14.90, with the analysts implicitly confirming that the business looks to be performing in line with expectations, despite higher forecast losses. 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. There are some variant perceptions on Jumia Technologies, with the most bullish analyst valuing it at US$18.02 and the most bearish at US$7.44 per share. Note the wide gap in analyst price targets? This implies to us that there is a fairly broad range of possible scenarios for the underlying business.

Another way we can view these estimates is in the context of the bigger picture, such as how the forecasts stack up against past performance, and whether forecasts are more or less bullish relative to other companies in the industry. One thing stands out from these estimates, which is that Jumia Technologies is forecast to grow faster in the future than it has in the past, with revenues expected to display 23% annualised growth until the end of 2026. If achieved, this would be a much better result than the 0.03% annual decline over the past five years. By contrast, our data suggests that other companies (with analyst coverage) in the industry are forecast to see their revenue grow 11% per year. So it looks like Jumia Technologies is expected to grow faster than its competitors, at least for a while.

The Bottom Line

The most important thing to note is the forecast of increased losses next year, suggesting all may not be well at Jumia Technologies. Happily, there were no major changes to revenue forecasts, with the business still expected to grow faster than the wider industry. There was no real change to the consensus price target, suggesting that the intrinsic value of the business has not undergone any major changes with the latest estimates.

Following on from that line of thought, we think that the long-term prospects of the business are much more relevant than next year's earnings. At Simply Wall St, we have a full range of analyst estimates for Jumia Technologies going out to 2028, and you can see them free on our platform here..

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