● 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
● 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.
● Upward revisions of sales forecast reflect a renewed optimism among the analysts covering the stock.
● For the past year, analysts covering the stock have been revising their EPS expectations upwards in a significant manner.
● Analysts remain confident with respect to the group's activity and, more often than not, have revised upwards their earnings per share estimates.
● The group usually releases upbeat results with huge surprise rates.
Weaknesses
● With relatively low growth outlooks, the group is not among those with the highest revenue growth potential.
● The potential for earnings per share (EPS) growth in the coming years appears limited according to current analyst estimates.
● With a 2022 P/E ratio at 24.63 times the estimated earnings, the company operates at rather significant levels of earnings multiples.
● The company appears highly valued given the size of its balance sheet.
● The company is not the most generous with respect to shareholders' compensation.
● The overall consensus opinion of analysts has deteriorated sharply over the past four months.