Summary

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

● The company has solid fundamentals for a short-term investment strategy.


Strengths

● The group's activity appears highly profitable thanks to its outperforming net margins.

● Thanks to a sound financial situation, the firm has significant leeway for investment.

● Predictions on business development from analysts polled by Thomson-Reuters are tight. This results from either a good visibility into core activities or accurate earnings releases.

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

● For the last week, the earnings per share forecast has been revised upwards. According to recent estimates, analysts give a positive overview of the stock


Weaknesses

● Stock prices approach a strong long-term resistance in weekly data at CHF 542.

● Based on current prices, the company has particularly high valuation levels.

● With a 2016 P/E ratio at 28.89 times the estimated earnings, the company operates at rather significant levels of earnings multiples.

● Most analysts agree on a negative opinion with regard to the stock. Indeed, the average consensus issues recommendations to underperform or sell.