Coupang, Inc. shares could get back into a rising trend over the medium term, as suggested by technical indicators.
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.
Strengths
● The company's earnings per share (EPS) are expected to grow significantly over the next few years according to the consensus of analysts covering the stock.
● For the last twelve months, analysts have been gradually revising upwards their EPS forecast for the upcoming fiscal year.
● For the last 4 months, the company has been enjoying highly positive EPS revisions, which were frequently and significantly raised.
● Analysts have a positive opinion on this stock. Average consensus recommends overweighting or purchasing the stock.
● The difference between current prices and the average target price is rather important and implies a significant appreciation potential for the stock.
Weaknesses
● The company's profitability before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization characterizes fragile margins.
● The company does not generate enough profits, which is an alarming weak point.
● The company's valuation in terms of earnings multiples is rather high. Indeed, the firm is getting paid 68.16 times its estimated earnings per share for the ongoing year.
● The company appears highly valued given the size of its balance sheet.
● The company is highly valued given the cash flows generated by its activity.
● Over the past four months, analysts' average price target has been revised downwards significantly.
● Over the past twelve months, analysts' opinions have been revised negatively.
● Sales estimates for the next fiscal years vary from one analyst to another. This clearly highlights a lack of visibility into the company's future activity.
● The price targets of analysts who cover the stock differ significantly. This implies difficulties in evaluating the company and its business.
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Coupang, Inc. owns and operates a retail business, which primarily serves the Korean retail market. Through its mobile applications and Internet websites, it offers products and services that span a range of categories, including home goods and decor, apparel and beauty products, fresh food and grocery, sporting goods, electronics, everyday consumables, travel, restaurant order and delivery, content streaming, and advertising. Its Product Commerce segment primarily includes core Korean retail (owned inventory) and marketplace offerings and Rocket Fresh, its fresh grocery offering, as well as advertising products associated with these offerings. Its Developing Offerings segment primarily includes more nascent offerings and services, including Coupang Eats, its restaurant ordering and delivery service in Korea, Coupang Play, its online content streaming service in Korea, fintech, its retail operations in Taiwan, as well as advertising products associated with these offerings.