A.P. Møller - Mærsk A/S shares show a positive technical situation which suggests a continuation of the upward dynamic over the medium term.
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
● The company has attractive valuation levels with a low EV/sales ratio compared with its peers.
● The equity is one of the most attractive in the market with regard to earnings multiple-based valuation.
● Upward revisions of sales forecast reflect a renewed optimism among the analysts covering the stock.
● Over the last twelve months, the sales forecast has been frequently revised upwards.
● For the last 4 months, the company has been enjoying highly positive EPS revisions, which were frequently and significantly raised.
● For the last twelve months, analysts have been gradually revising upwards their EPS forecast for the upcoming fiscal year.
● The tendency within the weekly time frame is positive above the technical support level at 9606 DKK
Weaknesses
● The share is close to its long-term resistance in weekly data. Therefore, the potential should be limited. However, a further bullish movement when crossing this resistance will be a positive signal.
● Technically, the stock approaches a strong medium-term resistance at DKK 15170.
● According to forecast, a sluggish sales growth is expected for the next fiscal years.
● Prospects from analysts covering the stock are not consistent. Such dispersed sales estimates confirm the poor visibility into the group's activity.
● Financial statements have repeatedly disappointed market stakeholders. Most often, they were below expectations.
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A.P. Møller - Mærsk A/S is the world's leading maritime transport company. The group's activity is organized around two sectors:
- maritime freight transport : at the end of 2023, operated a fleet of over 707 vessels (container vessels, tugs, supply vessels, gas carriers, and other specialized transporters). The group also offers port and logistical services;
- other: primarily activities related to shipyard construction, factory management (plastic and rubber products), and business holdings.
Net sales are distributed geographically as follows: Denmark (1.7%), United States (22.4%), China and Hong Kong (5.5%), Germany (3.3%), the United Kingdom (3.6%), Netherlands (3 .1%), Brazil (2.8%), Mexico (2.7%), India (2.7%), Spain (2.6%), Australia (2.5%), Singapore (1.9%) %), Costa Rica (0.7%) and others (44.5%).