Ratings Smart Metering Systems

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SMS

GB00B4X1RC86

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Strengths

  • Growth progress expectations are rather promising. Indeed, sales are expected to rise sharply in the coming years.
  • Before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization, the company's margins are particularly high.
  • Analysts covering this company mostly recommend stock overweighting or purchase.
  • The difference between current prices and the average target price is rather important and implies a significant appreciation potential for the stock.
  • Analyst opinion has improved significantly over the past four months.
  • 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.
  • Analysts' price targets are all relatively close, reflecting good visibility on the company's valuation.

Weaknesses

  • The company is in a hindered financial situation with significant debt and rather low EBITDA levels.
  • With an expected P/E ratio at 74.38 and 63.47 respectively for both the current and next fiscal years, the company operates with high earnings multiples.
  • Based on current prices, the company has particularly high valuation levels.
  • Over the past four months, analysts' average price target has been revised downwards significantly.
  • Over the past twelve months, analysts' opinions have been revised negatively.
  • Financial statements have repeatedly disappointed market stakeholders. Most often, they were below expectations.

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Financials

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Valuation

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Momentum

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Consensus

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Business Predictability

Analyst Coverage
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Divergence of Target Price
Earnings quality

Environment

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Human Rights
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Governance

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