Summary

● 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.


Strengths

● 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 past year, analysts covering the stock have been revising their EPS expectations upwards in a significant manner.

● For the past twelve months, EPS forecast has been revised upwards.

● The average price target of analysts who are interested in the stock has been strongly revised upwards over the last four months.

● The group usually releases upbeat results with huge surprise rates.


Weaknesses

● As a percentage of sales and without taking into account depreciation and amortization, the company has relatively low margins.

● With a 2024 P/E ratio at 23.58 times the estimated earnings, the company operates at rather significant levels of earnings multiples.

● The company appears highly valued given the size of its balance sheet.

● Most analysts agree on a negative opinion with regard to the stock. Indeed, the average consensus issues recommendations to underperform or sell.

● The appreciation potential seems limited due to the average target prices set by the analysts covering the stock.

● The overall consensus opinion of analysts has deteriorated sharply over the past four months.

● Over the past twelve months, analysts' consensus has been significantly revised downwards.

● The price targets of various analysts who make up the consensus differ significantly. This reflects different assessments and/or a difficulty in valuing the company.