Masco Corporation shares are reaching an interesting resistance zone. The current technical chart pattern suggests that a breach of this level could lead to new upside potential.
Summary
● The company has strong fundamentals. More than 70% of listed companies have a lower mix of growth, profitability, debt and visibility criteria.
● In a short-term perspective, the company has interesting fundamentals.
Strengths
● 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.
● Over the last 4 months, analysts have significantly revised upwards the company's estimated sales.
● 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.
● Within the weekly time frame the stock shows a bullish technical configuration above the support level at 42.1 USD
Weaknesses
● The share is close to its long-term resistance in weekly data. Therefore, the potential should be limited. However, a further bullish movement when crossing this resistance will be a positive signal.
● Technically, the stock approaches a strong medium-term resistance at USD 59.83.
● The company is not the most generous with respect to shareholders' compensation.
Masco Corporation is one of the world's leading manufacturers of home improvement products. Net sales break down by family of products as follows:
- plumbing equipment (60.8%): plumbing, sink, bath and shower systems (Delta, Brizo, Peerless, Hansgrohe, Axor, Kraus, Easy Drain, Ginger, Newport Brass, Brasstech, Waltec, Bristan ans Heritage brand names), acrylic bathtubs, shower enclosures and shower trays (Delta, Peerless and Mirolin), spa and exercise pool systems (Hot Spring, Caldera, Freeflow Spas, Endless Pool, Tylo and Finnleo) and brass/copper and composite plumbing components (Brasscraft, Plumbshop and Master Plumber);
- architectural decoration products (39.2%): architectural coatings products (paints, primers, special paints, stains and waterproof coatings sold under the Behr, Kilz, Whizz and Elder & Jenks brands), furniture for door and window, do-it-yourself furniture and equipment, glass shower doors, wall plates, hooks and suspension accessories, etc. (Liberty, Brainerd and Franklin Brass).
At the end of 2023, the group had 42 production sites located primarily in North America (30).
Net sales are distributed geographically as follows: North America (80.1%) and Europe (19.9%).