SEB S.A. shares are sitting close to an important technical support area around 99.82 EUR based on weekly price data. Against this backdrop, investors can use this good timing for new long positions.
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.
● According to Refinitiv, the company's ESG score for its industry is good.
Strengths
● With regards to fundamentals, the enterprise value to sales ratio is at 0.84 for the current period. Therefore, the company is undervalued.
● Analysts covering this company mostly recommend stock overweighting or purchase.
● The difference between current prices and the average target price is rather important and implies a significant appreciation potential for the stock.
● Considering the small differences between the analysts' various estimates, the group's business visibility is good.
Weaknesses
● With relatively low growth outlooks, the group is not among those with the highest revenue growth potential.
● The average price target of analysts who are interested in the stock has been significantly revised downwards over the last four months.
● The overall consensus opinion of analysts has deteriorated sharply over the past four months.
The world leader in Small Household Equipment, SEB S.A. relies on 35 flagship brands (Tefal, Seb, Rowenta, Moulinex, Krups, Lagostina, All-Clad, WMF, Emsa, Supor, etc.) and a broad product portfolio:
- cookware: frying pans, saucepans, pressure cookers, utensils, etc.;
- small culinary appliances: items for electric cooking (deep fryers, rice cookers, pressure cookers, etc.), beverage preparation (coffee makers, kettles, etc.) or food preparation (blenders, food processors, etc.);
- small non-culinary household appliances: linen care equipment (irons, steam generators, steamers, steamers, etc.), vacuum cleaners, fans, and personal care equipment (hairdressing and depilation appliances, etc.).
At the end of 2023, the group operated 41 manufacturing sites worldwide.
Net sales are distributed geographically as follows: Western Europe (34.1%), Europe/Middle East/Africa (15.2%), China (27.9%), Asia (7%), North America (10.9%) and South America (4.9%).