RED HAT ● The company has strong fundamentals. More than 70% of listed companies have a lower mix of growth, profitability, debt and visibility criteria.
Strengths
● Growth progress expectations are rather promising. Indeed, sales are expected to rise sharply in the coming years.
● Margins returned by the company are among the highest on the stock exchange list. Its core activity clears big profits.
● Thanks to a sound financial situation, the firm has significant leeway for investment.
● Historically, the company has been releasing figures that are above expectations.
● Over the last twelve months, the sales forecast has been frequently revised upwards.
● Analysts remain confident with respect to the group's activity and, more often than not, have revised upwards their earnings per share estimates.
● For the past year, analysts covering the stock have been revising their EPS expectations upwards in a significant manner.
Weaknesses
● The company's "enterprise value to sales" ratio is among the highest in the world.
● With an expected P/E ratio at 59.04 and 50.93 respectively for both the current and next fiscal years, the company operates with high earnings multiples.
