● The company has strong fundamentals. More than 70% of companies have a lower mix of growth, profitability, debt and visibility.
● The company presents an interesting fundamental situation from a short-term investment perspective.
● According to Refinitiv, the company's ESG score for its industry is good.
Strengths
● The company shows low valuation levels, with an enterprise value at 0.63 times its sales.
● For the past year, analysts covering the stock have been revising their EPS expectations upwards in a significant manner.
● Analysts remain confident with respect to the group's activity and, more often than not, have revised upwards their earnings per share estimates.
● Over the past four months, analysts' average price target has been revised upwards significantly.
● Predictions on business development from analysts polled by Standard & Poor's are tight. This results from either a good visibility into core activities or accurate earnings releases.
Weaknesses
● As a percentage of sales and without taking into account depreciation and amortization, the company has relatively low margins.
● The company does not generate enough profits, which is an alarming weak point.
● The company is not the most generous with respect to shareholders' compensation.
● The overall consensus opinion of analysts has deteriorated sharply over the past four months.