Ratings RCL Foods Limited

Equities

RCL

ZAE000179438

End-of-day quote Johannesburg S.E. Other stock markets 03:30:00 26/04/2024 am IST			5-day change	1st Jan Change
9.6 ^ZAR	-4.00%		-1.34%	+12.81%

04/03	South Africa's RCL Foods to unbundle and list Rainbow Chicken business	RE
04/03	RCL Foods Limited Reports Earnings Results for the Half Year Ended December 31, 2023	CI

Summary

The company has strong fundamentals. More than 70% of companies have a lower mix of growth, profitability, debt and visibility.
The company presents an interesting fundamental situation from a short-term investment perspective.

Strengths

The company's earnings per share (EPS) are expected to grow significantly over the next few years according to the consensus of analysts covering the stock.
Its low valuation, with P/E ratio at 6.96 and 6.66 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 0.29 times its sales.
The company appears to be poorly valued given its net asset value.
Upward revisions of sales forecast reflect a renewed optimism among the analysts covering the stock.
For the last twelve months, analysts have been gradually revising upwards their EPS forecast for the upcoming fiscal year.
For the last 4 months, the company has been enjoying highly positive EPS revisions, which were frequently and significantly raised.

Weaknesses

The company's profitability before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization characterizes fragile margins.
The company sustains low margins.
Most analysts agree on a negative opinion with regard to the stock. Indeed, the average consensus issues recommendations to underperform or sell.
The appreciation potential seems limited due to the average target prices set by the analysts covering the stock.
Over the past four months, analysts' average price target has been revised downwards significantly.
The average consensus view of analysts covering the stock has deteriorated over the past four months.
Over the past twelve months, analysts' consensus has been significantly revised downwards.
The group usually releases earnings worse than estimated.

Ratings chart - Surperformance

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Sector: Food Processing

	1st Jan change	Capi.	ESG Refinitiv
RCL FOODS LIMITED	+12.81%	454M	C
NESTLÉ S.A.	-4.93%	266B	A-
MONDELEZ INTERNATIONAL, INC.	-2.51%	94.98B	C+
KRAFT HEINZ	+3.19%	46.39B	C+
GENERAL MILLS, INC.	+8.74%	39.99B	B-
DANONE	-0.65%	39.95B	B-
THE HERSHEY COMPANY	-0.15%	38.02B	B-
ARCHER-DANIELS-MIDLAND COMPANY	-16.78%	30.16B	B-
NESTLÉ INDIA LIMITED	-6.61%	28.72B	A
ASSOCIATED BRITISH FOODS PLC	+11.32%	24.54B	A-

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