Axfood AB (publ) shares are trading close to a major technical resistance, which, if broken, could yield new upside potential and an increase in volatility. This scenario can be anticipated.
Summary
● The company has strong fundamentals. More than 70% of listed companies have a lower mix of growth, profitability, debt and visibility criteria.
● In a short-term perspective, the company has interesting fundamentals.
Strengths
● Considering the small differences between the analysts' various estimates, the group's business visibility is good.
● As regards fundamentals, the enterprise value to sales ratio is at 0.97 for the current period. Therefore, the company is undervalued.
● For the last few months, EPS revisions have remained quite promising. Analysts now anticipate higher profitability levels than before.
● Within the weekly time frame the stock shows a bullish technical configuration above the support level at 187.4 SEK
Weaknesses
● Stock prices approach a strong long-term resistance in weekly data at SEK 210.4.
● Technically, the stock approaches a strong medium-term resistance at SEK 212.5.
● The company sustains low margins.
● The company's earnings releases usually do not meet expectations.
● With a 2019 P/E ratio at 26.38 times the estimated earnings, the company operates at rather significant levels of earnings multiples.
● Most analysts agree on a negative opinion with regard to the stock. Indeed, the average consensus issues recommendations to underperform or sell.
● The three month average target prices set by analysts do not offer high potential in comparison with the current prices.
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Axfood AB is a Sweden-based company engaged in the food retail and wholesale trade in Sweden. The Companyâs retail business is conducted through three wholly owned chains: Willys, specializing in discount food retail; Hemkop, which is engaged in the sales of food retail products, and PrisXtra, which is a grocery chain serving the Stockholm market. The Company owns and operates over 200 retail stores. The Companyâs wholesale business is conducted through Dagab, which supplies Axfood Group and the Vi chain, and Axfood Narlivs, a convenience store wholesaler. Axfood has a portfolio of private labels, including Hemkop, Garant, Garant Ekologiska varor, Aware, Saklart, Func and Fixa. Among others, the Company operates via Middagsfrid AB. The Company's major shareholder is Axel Johnson AB.