● The company has strong fundamentals. More than 70% of companies have a lower mix of growth, profitability, debt and visibility.
● Overall, and from a short-term perspective, the company presents an interesting fundamental situation.
Strengths
● According to sales estimates from analysts polled by Standard & Poor's, the company is among the best with regard to growth.
● The earnings growth currently anticipated by analysts for the coming years is particularly strong.
● The company is in a robust financial situation considering its net cash and margin position.
● For the last 4 months, the company has been enjoying highly positive EPS revisions, which were frequently and significantly raised.
● The average target price set by analysts covering the stock is above current prices and offers a tremendous appreciation potential.
● The average price target of analysts who are interested in the stock has been strongly revised upwards over the last four months.
Weaknesses
● The company's valuation in terms of earnings multiples is rather high. Indeed, the firm is getting paid 70 times its estimated earnings per share for the ongoing year.
● The company's "enterprise value to sales" ratio is among the highest in the world.
● In relation to the value of its tangible assets, the company's valuation appears relatively high.
● The valuation of the company is particularly high given the cash flows generated by its activity.
● For the last four months, the sales outlook for the coming years has been revised downwards. No recovery of the group's activities is yet foreseen.
● The average consensus view of analysts covering the stock has deteriorated over the past four months.
● Over the past twelve months, analysts' consensus has been significantly revised downwards.