Summary

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

● The company presents an interesting fundamental situation from a short-term investment perspective.


Strengths

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

● Over the last twelve months, the sales forecast has been frequently revised upwards.

● Upward revisions of sales forecast reflect a renewed optimism among the analysts covering the stock.

● For the last twelve months, analysts have been gradually revising upwards their EPS forecast for the upcoming fiscal year.

● For several months, analysts have been revising their EPS estimates roughly upwards.

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

● The group usually releases upbeat results with huge surprise rates.


Weaknesses

● According to Standard & Poor's' forecast, revenue growth prospects are expected to be very low for the next fiscal years.

● The company's currently anticipated earnings per share (EPS) growth for the next few years is a notable weakness.

● The company's valuation in terms of earnings multiples is rather high. Indeed, the firm is getting paid 27.53 times its estimated earnings per share for the ongoing year.

● The company's enterprise value to sales, at 4.49 times its current sales, is high.

● The valuation of the company is particularly high given the cash flows generated by its activity.

● The firm pays small or no dividend to shareholders. For that reason, it is not a yield company.

● The appreciation potential seems limited due to the average target prices set by the analysts covering the stock.

● The average consensus view of analysts covering the stock has deteriorated over the past four months.

● Over the past twelve months, analysts' opinions have been revised negatively.