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Assessing maintainable performance

When projecting the results of future periods, Analysts are likely to use the last recorded earnings as a basis. This requires making a forward-looking assessment of the level of maintainable performance, which forms the basis from which the future performance can be projected. For example, the results of discontinued activities can be excluded, whilst those of newly acquired businesses can be adjusted to cover a (theoretical) full 12 months.

The assessment of maintainable earnings, both past and future, involves a substantial amount of subjective judgement, and is not attempted within Company REFS. In this specialised field, analysts employ their expertise and judgement to produce earnings forecasts; Company REFS then incorporates these forecasts within a consensus estimate which is used to calculate prospective statistics and indicators, such as growth.


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