Whirlpool Corporation shares are locked into a trading range. This phase will eventually have to end with a return of a clear trend.
Summary
● The company has strong fundamentals. More than 70% of listed companies have a lower mix of growth, profitability, debt and visibility criteria.
● The company has solid fundamentals for a short-term investment strategy.
Strengths
● Considering the small differences between the analysts' various estimates, the group's business visibility is good.
● The company shows low valuation levels, with an enterprise value at 0.76 times its sales.
● With a P/E ratio at 13.17 for the current year and 10.73 for next year, earnings multiples are highly attractive compared with competitors.
● Analysts have a positive opinion on this stock. Average consensus recommends overweighting or purchasing the stock.
● The difference between current prices and the average target price is rather important and implies a significant appreciation potential for the stock.
Weaknesses
● The stock is close to a major daily resistance at USD 170.46, which should be gotten rid of so as to gain new appreciation potential.
● With relatively low growth outlooks, the group is not among those with the highest revenue growth potential.
● Financial statements have repeatedly disappointed market stakeholders. Most often, they were below expectations.
● The underlying tendency is negative on the weekly chart below the resistance at 192.36 USD
Whirlpool Corporation is a global kitchen and laundry company. The Companyâs segments include Major Domestic Appliances (MDA) North America; MDA Europe, MDA Latin America; MDA Asia, and Small Domestic Appliances (SDA) Global. The Company in the United States and Canada, market and distributes major home appliances and other consumer products under the Whirlpool, KitchenAid, Maytag, Amana, InSinkErator, JennAir, affresh, Swash, everydrop and Gladiator brand names to retailers, distributors, and builders, and directly to consumers. In Europe, the Company markets and distributes major domestic appliances under the Whirlpool, Indesit, Hotpoint, Bauknecht, Ignis, Maytag and Privileg brand names. In Latin America, the Company produces, market and distributes primarily Consul, Brastemp, Whirlpool, KitchenAid, Acros, Maytag and Eslabon de Lujo brand names. In Asia, the Company market primarily under the Whirlpool, Elica, Maytag, KitchenAid, and Indesit brand names.