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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 profit outlook over the next few years is a strong asset.
- Its low valuation, with P/E ratio at 8.12 and 6.33 for the ongoing fiscal year and 2025 respectively, makes the stock pretty attractive with regard to earnings multiples.
- The company shows low valuation levels, with an enterprise value at 0.07 times its sales.
- The company's share price in relation to its net book value makes it look relatively cheap.
- For several months, analysts have been revising their EPS estimates roughly upwards.
- Analysts covering this company mostly recommend stock overweighting or purchase.
- 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 profitability before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization characterizes fragile margins.
- The company sustains low margins.
- The company is highly valued 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 sales outlook for the group was lowered in the last twelve months. This change in forecast points out a decline in activity as well as pessimistic analyses of the company.
- The overall consensus opinion of analysts has deteriorated sharply over the past four months.
Ratings chart - Surperformance
Chart ESG Refinitiv
Sector: Construction & Engineering
1st Jan change | Capi. | Investor Rating | ESG Refinitiv | |
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+31.86% | 288M | B+ | ||
-2.29% | 67.67B | C+ | ||
+2.13% | 59.37B | C+ | ||
+21.25% | 38.3B | B+ | ||
+11.23% | 30.73B | B | ||
+2.06% | 26.35B | A- | ||
+22.89% | 22.01B | B- | ||
+15.06% | 19.47B | A | ||
+22.99% | 17.6B | B+ | ||
+64.33% | 16.64B | B |
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