● 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
● Before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization, the company's margins are particularly high.
● Margins returned by the company are among the highest on the stock exchange list. Its core activity clears big profits.
● Thanks to a sound financial situation, the firm has significant leeway for investment.
● Over the past year, analysts have regularly revised upwards their sales forecast for the company.
● Upward revisions of sales forecast reflect a renewed optimism among the analysts covering the stock.
● For the last twelve months, analysts have been gradually revising upwards their EPS forecast for the upcoming fiscal year.
● For the last few months, EPS revisions have remained quite promising. Analysts now anticipate higher profitability levels than before.
● Analyst opinion has improved significantly over the past four months.
● Over the past twelve months, analysts' opinions have been strongly revised upwards.
● Historically, the company has been releasing figures that are above expectations.
Weaknesses
● With an expected P/E ratio at 45.83 and 41.52 respectively for both the current and next fiscal years, the company operates with high earnings multiples.
● The company's "enterprise value to sales" ratio is among the highest in the world.
● The company appears highly valued given the size of its balance sheet.
● The valuation of the company is particularly high given the cash flows generated by its activity.
● The company is not the most generous with respect to shareholders' compensation.
● The price targets of analysts who cover the stock differ significantly. This implies difficulties in evaluating the company and its business.