** Analysts at Jefferies hike price target for Australia's Monadelphous MND.AX to A$18.0/shr from A$17.0/shr following its upbeat half-year and annual forecast
** Engineering co expects half-year revenue of ~A$1.5 billion ($974.70 million) vs. A$1.05 billion reported last year
** Co sees full year revenue to be around 20-25% higher than the previous year
** Jefferies increases FY26 and FY27 EPS estimates by 14% and 6%, respectively
** However, brokerage does not expect strong FY26 revenue outcome to flow through materially to FY27
** Analysts on average rate the stock "buy" or higher; their median PT is A$22.04 – LSEG data
** Stock up 78.6% this year
($1 = 1.5389 Australian dollars)
(Reporting by John Biju in Bengaluru)
((John.Biju@thomsonreuters.com;))