● The company has strong fundamentals. More than 70% of companies have a lower mix of growth, profitability, debt and visibility.
● From a short-term investment perspective, the company presents a deteriorated fundamental configuration.
● The company has a good ESG score relative to its sector, according to Refinitiv.
Strengths
● The company's EBITDA/Sales ratio is relatively high and results in high margins before depreciation, amortization and taxes.
● The group's activity appears highly profitable thanks to its outperforming net margins.
● 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.
● Historically, the company has been releasing figures that are above expectations.
Weaknesses
● The firm trades with high earnings multiples: 32.08 times its 2022 earnings per share.
● Based on current prices, the company has particularly high valuation levels.
● The company appears highly valued given the size of its balance sheet.
● The company is not the most generous with respect to shareholders' compensation.
● For the last 12 months, analysts have been regularly downgrading their EPS expectations. Analysts predict worse results for the company against their predictions a year ago.
● For the last four months, earnings estimated by analysts have been revised downwards with respect to the next two years.
● The average price target of analysts who are interested in the stock has been significantly revised downwards over the last four months.
● The overall consensus opinion of analysts has deteriorated sharply over the past four months.
● The price targets of analysts who cover the stock differ significantly. This implies difficulties in evaluating the company and its business.