It's been a good week for Dolphin Entertainment, Inc. (NASDAQ:DLPN) shareholders, because the company has just released its latest second-quarter results, and the shares gained 9.1% to US$1.20. It was a pretty bad result overall; while revenues were in line with expectations at US$14m, statutory losses exploded to US$0.13 per share. Earnings are an important time for investors, as they can track a company's performance, look at what the analyst is forecasting for next year, and see if there's been a change in sentiment towards the company. We've gathered the most recent statutory forecasts to see whether the analyst has changed their earnings models, following these results.

Following last week's earnings report, Dolphin Entertainment's solitary analyst are forecasting 2026 revenues to be US$58.6m, approximately in line with the last 12 months. Losses are forecast to balloon 25% to US$0.35 per share. Before this latest report, the consensus had been expecting revenues of US$60.3m and US$0.10 per share in losses. So it's pretty clear the analyst has mixed opinions on Dolphin Entertainment after this update; revenues were downgraded and per-share losses expected to increase.

The consensus price target fell 40% to US$3.00, with the analyst clearly concerned about the company following the weaker revenue and earnings outlook.

Taking a look at the bigger picture now, one of the ways we can understand these forecasts is to see how they compare to both past performance and industry growth estimates. It's pretty clear that there is an expectation that Dolphin Entertainment's revenue growth will slow down substantially, with revenues to the end of 2026 expected to display 3.3% growth on an annualised basis. This is compared to a historical growth rate of 12% over the past five years. Compare this against other companies (with analyst forecasts) in the industry, which are in aggregate expected to see revenue growth of 8.2% annually. Factoring in the forecast slowdown in growth, it seems obvious that Dolphin Entertainment is also expected to grow slower than other industry participants.

The Bottom Line

The most important thing to take away is that the analyst increased their loss per share estimates for next year. Unfortunately, they also downgraded their revenue estimates, and our data indicates underperformance compared to the wider industry. Even so, earnings per share are more important to the intrinsic value of the business. Furthermore, the analyst also cut their price targets, suggesting that the latest news has led to greater pessimism about the intrinsic value of the business.

Keeping that in mind, we still think that the longer term trajectory of the business is much more important for investors to consider. At least one analyst has provided forecasts out to 2027, which can be seen for free on our platform here.

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