Summary

● The company has strong fundamentals. More than 70% of companies have a lower mix of growth, profitability, debt and visibility.

● Overall, and from a short-term perspective, the company presents an interesting fundamental situation.

● The company has a good ESG score relative to its sector, according to Refinitiv.


Strengths

● Before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization, the company's margins are particularly high.

● The group's high margin levels account for strong profits.

● 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.

● For the last few months, EPS revisions have remained quite promising. Analysts now anticipate higher profitability levels than before.

● The average price target of analysts who are interested in the stock has been strongly revised upwards over the last four months.

● Analyst opinion has improved significantly over the past four months.

● 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.


Weaknesses

● The group shows a rather high level of debt in proportion to its EBITDA.

● The company appears highly valued given the size of its balance sheet.

● The price targets of analysts who cover the stock differ significantly. This implies difficulties in evaluating the company and its business.