Ratings Empiric Student Property Plc

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Market Closed - London S.E. Other stock markets 11:35:27 2024-05-17 am EDT			5-day change	1st Jan Change
94 ^GBX	-0.42%		-0.95%	-0.84%

Apr. 12	JPMorgan raises Taylor Wimpey, Persimmon	AN
Apr. 02	Empiric Student Property plc Appoints Lisa Hibberd as Company Secretary	CI

Summary

The company has strong fundamentals. More than 70% of companies have a lower mix of growth, profitability, debt and visibility.
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.
The group's activity appears highly profitable thanks to its outperforming net margins.
This company will be of major interest to investors in search of a high dividend stock.
Growth remains a strong point in this company. In their sales forecast, analysts sound optimistic with regard to sales prospects.
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.
The difference between current prices and the average target price is rather important and implies a significant appreciation potential for the stock.
Over the past twelve months, analysts' opinions have been strongly revised upwards.
There is high visibility into the group's activities for the coming years. Outlooks on future revenues from analysts covering the equity remain similar. Such hardly dispersed estimates support highly predictable sales for the current and upcoming fiscal years.
The divergence of price targets given by the various analysts who make up the consensus is relatively low, suggesting a consensus method of evaluating the company and its prospects.

Weaknesses

One of the major weak points of the company is its financial situation.
Based on current prices, the company has particularly high valuation levels.

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Sector: Residential REITs

	1st Jan change	Capi.	ESG Refinitiv
EMPIRIC STUDENT PROPERTY PLC	-0.84%	722M	C+
AVALONBAY COMMUNITIES, INC.	+6.23%	28.12B	A-
EQUITY RESIDENTIAL	+9.76%	25.43B	B
INVITATION HOMES INC.	+3.93%	21.57B	B-
MID-AMERICA APARTMENT COMMUNITY, INC.	+2.44%	15.99B	B
SUN COMMUNITIES, INC.	-8.47%	15.05B	C
AMERICAN HOMES 4 RENT	+2.25%	13.35B	B
UDR INC.	+3.26%	12.98B	B
EQUITY LIFESTYLE PROPERTIES, INC.	-8.31%	11.84B	B-
CAMDEN PROPERTY TRUST	+7.26%	11.35B	B

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