Ratings Loihde Oyj

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LOIHDE

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Market Closed - Nasdaq Helsinki Other stock markets 07:06:59 2024-05-17 EDT			5-day change	1st Jan Change
13.15 ^EUR	-1.13%		-0.75%	+9.13%

05-07	Loihde Oyj Approves Dividend for the Financial Year Ended 31 December 2023, Payable on 17 May 2024	CI
04-30	Loihde Oyj Reaffirms Earnings Guidance for the Year 2024	CI

Summary

Overall, the company has poor fundamentals for a medium to long-term investment strategy.
From a short-term investment perspective, the company presents a deteriorated fundamental configuration.

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.
The company shows low valuation levels, with an enterprise value at 0.63 times its sales.
The company's share price in relation to its net book value makes it look relatively cheap.
Consensus analysts have strongly revised their opinion of the company over the past 12 months.
Analysts' price targets are all relatively close, reflecting good visibility on the company's valuation.

Weaknesses

According to forecast, a sluggish sales growth is expected for the next fiscal years.
The company's profitability before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization characterizes fragile margins.
The company sustains low margins.
The firm trades with high earnings multiples: 32.88 times its 2024 earnings per share.
For the last twelve months, sales expectations have been significantly downgraded, which means that less important sales volumes are expected for the current fiscal year over the previous period.
For the last 12 months, analysts have been regularly downgrading their EPS expectations. Analysts predict worse results for the company against their predictions a year ago.
For the last twelve months, the analysts covering the company have given a bearish overview of EPS estimates, resulting in frequent downward revisions.
Most analysts agree on a negative opinion with regard to the stock. Indeed, the average consensus issues recommendations to underperform or sell.
The appreciation potential seems limited due to the average target prices set by the analysts covering the stock.
The average price target of analysts who are interested in the stock has been significantly revised downwards over the last four months.
The average consensus view of analysts covering the stock has deteriorated over the past four months.
Financial statements have repeatedly disappointed market stakeholders. Most often, they were below expectations.

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Sector: Software

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