MANZ AG ● The company has strong fundamentals. More than 70% of listed companies have a lower mix of growth, profitability, debt and visibility criteria.
● The company has solid fundamentals for a short-term investment strategy.
Strengths
● Graphically speaking, the timing seems perfect for purchasing the stock close to the EUR 36.6 support.
● The prospective high growth for the next fiscal years is among the main assets of the company
● The company has attractive valuation levels with a low EV/sales ratio compared with its peers.
● Upward revisions of sales forecast reflect a renewed optimism among the analysts covering the stock.
● Over the last twelve months, the sales forecast has been frequently revised upwards.
● For several months, analysts have been revising their EPS estimates roughly upwards.
● For the past year, analysts covering the stock have been revising their EPS expectations upwards in a significant manner.
● Analysts covering this company mostly recommend stock overweighting or purchase.
● The average target price set by analysts covering the stock is above current prices and offers a tremendous appreciation potential.
● The tendency within the weekly time frame is positive above the technical support level at 34.72 EUR
Weaknesses
● The company sustains low margins.
● Prospects from analysts covering the stock are not consistent. Such dispersed sales estimates confirm the poor visibility into the group's activity.
● The company's earnings releases usually do not meet expectations.
● With an expected P/E ratio at 31.41 and 16.02 respectively for both the current and next fiscal years, the company operates with high earnings multiples.
● Analysts covering the stock have recently lowered their earnings forecast.
