Summary

● From a short-term investment perspective, the company presents a deteriorated fundamental configuration.

● The company's Refinitiv ESG score, based on a ranking of the company relative to its industry, comes out particularly well.


Strengths

● Before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization, the company's margins are particularly high.

● The group's activity appears highly profitable thanks to its outperforming net margins.

● The company is in a robust financial situation considering its net cash and margin position.

● With a P/E ratio at 7.14 for the current year and 7.29 for next year, earnings multiples are highly attractive compared with competitors.

● This company will be of major interest to investors in search of a high dividend stock.

● The difference between current prices and the average target price is rather important and implies a significant appreciation potential for the stock.

● The opinion of analysts covering the stock has improved over the past four months.

● Consensus analysts have strongly revised their opinion of the company over the past 12 months.


Weaknesses

● According to Standard & Poor's' forecast, revenue growth prospects are expected to be very low for the next fiscal years.

● The potential for earnings per share (EPS) growth in the coming years appears limited according to current analyst estimates.

● 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.

● For the last four months, earnings estimated by analysts have been revised downwards with respect to the next two years.

● Sales estimates for the next fiscal years vary from one analyst to another. This clearly highlights a lack of visibility into the company's future activity.