CIE Automotive, S.A.'s shares display attractive technical aspects to anticipate a comeback of the underlying trend.
Summary
● The company has strong fundamentals. More than 70% of companies have a lower mix of growth, profitability, debt and visibility.
Strengths
● With a P/E ratio at 10.85 for the current year and 8.89 for next year, earnings multiples are highly attractive compared with competitors.
● Given the positive cash flows generated by its business, the company's valuation level is an asset.
● For the last twelve months, analysts have been gradually revising upwards their EPS forecast for the upcoming fiscal year.
● Analysts have a positive opinion on this stock. Average consensus recommends overweighting or purchasing the stock.
● The average target price set by analysts covering the stock is above current prices and offers a tremendous appreciation potential.
● The opinion of analysts covering the stock has improved over the past four months.
● Consensus analysts have strongly revised their opinion of the company over the past 12 months.
● The group usually releases upbeat results with huge surprise rates.
Weaknesses
● The group shows a rather high level of debt in proportion to its EBITDA.
● For the last four months, the sales outlook for the coming years has been revised downwards. No recovery of the group's activities is yet foreseen.
● The price targets of various analysts who make up the consensus differ significantly. This reflects different assessments and/or a difficulty in valuing the company.
CIE Automotive SA is a Spain-based company engaged, through its subsidiaries, in the production of biofuels, as well as in the supply of components and subassemblies for the automotive industry. The Company is also involved in the Information Technology (IT) sector, with the provision of technological solutions for the healthcare, education, sustainability, transport and communications sectors. The Company is a parent of Grupo CIE Automotive, a group which comprises a number of controlled entities with operations established in Spain, Portugal, France, Lithuania, Morocco, Czech Republic, Romania, Brazil, Argentina, China, Russia, Guatemala and Mexico, among others. The Company has such subsidiaries as Global Dominion Access SA, CIE Inversiones e Inmuebles Sociedad Limitada and CIE Berriz Sociedad Limitada, among others. In February 2014, the Company acquired a 50% stake in RS Automotive NV owned by VEP Fund I Holding Cooperatief WA.