Strengths

● The company returns high margins, thereby supporting business profitability.

● 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 company is one of the best yield companies with high dividend expectations.


Weaknesses

● Stock prices approach a strong long-term resistance in weekly data at CHF 79.8.

● Technically, the stock approaches a strong medium-term resistance at CHF 77.6.

● According to forecast, a sluggish sales growth is expected for the next fiscal years.

● Financial statements have repeatedly disappointed market stakeholders. Most often, they were below expectations.

● For the past seven days, analysts have been lowering their EPS expectations for the company.

● For the last four months, EPS estimates made by Thomson-Reuters analysts have been revised downwards.