Broker's Consensus
The Broker Sentiment visually displays the overall sentiment of the contributing Brokers. The number of brokers providing research is shown in brackets.
The Broker Consensus details the estimated consensus figures for the next two years.
Estimates are shown for pre-tax profit ('Pre-tax'), earnings per share ('EPS') and dividend per share ('DPS').
Note that estimates for forecast pre-tax profit and EPS should be compared with the normalised historic pre-tax profit and EPS in the financial summary table.
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Consensus | Hemscott broker consensus forecasts are date weighted giving more weight to more recent forecasts. Each forecast is date-weighted over 180 days, giving maximum emphasis to the most recent forecast, and reducing progressively to zero emphasis for a forecast six months old. |
| 1 month change | Where a consensus forecast value for the relevant period existed one month previously, the change indicates in pence the amount by which the latest consensus value has moved up (+) or down (-). The calculation is as follows: Latest consensus value - Consensus value 1 month ago = Change |
| 3 Month Change | Where a consensus forecast value for the relevant period existed three months previously, the change indicates in pence the amount by which the latest consensus value has moved up (+) or down (-). The calculation is as follows: Latest consensus value - Consensus value 3 months ago = Change |