Ratings Ascential plc

Equities

ASCL

GB00BYM8GJ06

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Summary

  • The company presents an interesting fundamental situation from a short-term investment perspective.

Strengths

  • Before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization, the company's margins are particularly high.
  • For the past year, analysts covering the stock have been revising their EPS expectations upwards in a significant manner.
  • For several months, analysts have been revising their EPS estimates roughly upwards.
  • Analysts have a positive opinion on this stock. Average consensus recommends overweighting or purchasing the stock.
  • Over the past twelve months, analysts' opinions have been strongly revised upwards.
  • Predictions on business development from analysts polled by Standard & Poor's are tight. This results from either a good visibility into core activities or accurate earnings releases.
  • The group usually releases upbeat results with huge surprise rates.

Weaknesses

  • As estimated by analysts, this group is among those businesses with the lowest growth prospects.
  • The potential for earnings per share (EPS) growth in the coming years appears limited according to current analyst estimates.
  • Based on current prices, the company has particularly high valuation levels.
  • In relation to the value of its tangible assets, the company's valuation appears relatively high.
  • The valuation of the company is particularly high given the cash flows generated by its activity.
  • The firm pays small or no dividend to shareholders. For that reason, it is not a yield company.
  • For the last twelve months, sales expectations have been significantly downgraded, which means that less important sales volumes are expected for the current fiscal year over the previous period.
  • The company's sales previsions for the coming years have been revised downwards, which foreshadows another slowdown in business.
  • The average consensus view of analysts covering the stock has deteriorated over the past four months.

Ratings chart - Surperformance

Chart ESG Refinitiv

Sector: Advertising & Marketing

1st Jan change Capi. Investor Rating ESG Refinitiv
+7.02% 1.75B
C+
+24.70% 27.75B
A-
+7.21% 18.14B
B+
+2.85% 12.97B
C-
-5.88% 11.52B
B
+7.92% 10.78B
A-
+18.79% 4.49B
A-
-11.04% 3.8B -
C-
+35.86% 3.5B
C
-4.13% 3.2B
C+
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Financials

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Valuation

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Momentum

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7 days Revenue revision
1 year EPS revision
4 months EPS revision

Consensus

Analyst Opinion
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4m Target Price Revision
4m Revision of opinion
12m Revision of opinion

Business Predictability

Analyst Coverage
Divergence of Estimates
Divergence of analysts' opinions
Divergence of Target Price
Earnings quality

Environment

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Innovation
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Social

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Human Rights
Product liability
Human Resources

Governance

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Technical analysis

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