Celebrations may be in order for Opus Genetics, Inc. (NASDAQ:IRD) shareholders, with the analysts delivering a significant upgrade to their statutory estimates for the company. The analysts greatly increased their revenue estimates, suggesting a stark improvement in business fundamentals.

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Following the upgrade, the current consensus from Opus Genetics' three analysts is for revenues of US$17m in 2025 which - if met - would reflect a substantial 57% increase on its sales over the past 12 months. The loss per share is anticipated to greatly reduce in the near future, narrowing 37% to US$0.80. Yet prior to the latest estimates, the analysts had been forecasting revenues of US$13m and losses of US$0.99 per share in 2025. So there's been quite a change-up of views after the recent consensus updates, with the analysts making a sizeable increase to their revenue forecasts while also reducing the estimated loss as the business grows towards breakeven.

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Despite these upgrades, the analysts have not made any major changes to their price target of US$10.33, implying that their latest estimates don't have a long term impact on what they think the stock is worth.

Looking at the bigger picture now, one of the ways we can make sense of these forecasts is to see how they measure up against both past performance and industry growth estimates. We can infer from the latest estimates that forecasts expect a continuation of Opus Genetics'historical trends, as the 57% annualised revenue growth to the end of 2025 is roughly in line with the 52% annual revenue growth over the past five years. By contrast, our data suggests that other companies (with analyst coverage) in a similar industry are forecast to see their revenues grow 8.2% per year. So it's pretty clear that Opus Genetics is forecast to grow substantially faster than its industry.

The Bottom Line

The highlight for us was that the consensus reduced its estimated losses this year, perhaps suggesting Opus Genetics is moving incrementally towards profitability. Fortunately, analysts also upgraded their revenue estimates, and our data indicates sales are expected to perform better than the wider market. The lack of change in the price target is puzzling, but with a serious upgrade to this year's earnings expectations, it might be time to take another look at Opus Genetics.

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