Ratings Cascades Inc.

Equities

CAS

CA1469001053

Market Closed - Toronto S.E. Other stock markets 01:30:00 07/05/2024 am IST			5-day change	1st Jan Change
9.47 ^CAD	+1.28%		+1.83%	-25.61%

11/04	National Bank Previews Cascades' Q1 Results, Cuts Price Target	MT
29/03	Cascades Inc Receives a Shareholder Proposal from Shareholders' Education and Defense Movement	CI

Summary

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

Strengths

The stock, which is currently worth 2024 to 0.58 times its sales, is clearly overvalued in comparison with peers.
The company's share price in relation to its net book value makes it look relatively cheap.
Given the positive cash flows generated by its business, the company's valuation level is an asset.
This company will be of major interest to investors in search of a high dividend stock.
The average target price set by analysts covering the stock is above current prices and offers a tremendous appreciation potential.
Considering the small differences between the analysts' various estimates, the group's business visibility is good.
Analysts' price targets are all relatively close, reflecting good visibility on the company's valuation.

Weaknesses

According to Standard & Poor's' forecast, revenue growth prospects are expected to be very low for the next fiscal years.
The company's profitability before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization characterizes fragile margins.
The group shows a rather high level of debt in proportion to its EBITDA.
For the last four months, the sales outlook for the coming years has been revised downwards. No recovery of the group's activities is yet foreseen.
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 four months, earnings estimated by analysts have been revised downwards with respect to the next two years.
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: Paper Packaging

	1st Jan change	Capi.	ESG Refinitiv
CASCADES INC.	-25.61%	688M	B+
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SIG GROUP AG	-5.01%	7.88B	A
DS SMITH PLC	+17.67%	6.26B	B+

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