Ratings HeiQ Plc

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GB00BN2CJ299

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14.15 ^GBX	+8.22%		+51.82%	+1.07%

Apr. 22	HeiQ Unit Receives New Contract from Ecolab	MT
Apr. 22	HeiQ inks distributor deal with Ecolab to supply Synbio cleaners	AN

Summary

Overall, the company has poor fundamentals for a medium to long-term investment strategy.
From a short-term investment perspective, the company presents a deteriorated fundamental configuration.

Strengths

The company shows low valuation levels, with an enterprise value at 0.39 times its sales.
The average target price set by analysts covering the stock is above current prices and offers a tremendous appreciation potential.

Weaknesses

As a percentage of sales and without taking into account depreciation and amortization, the company has relatively low margins.
Low profitability weakens the company.
For the last twelve months, the trend in sales revisions has been clearly going down, which emphasizes downgraded expectations from the analysts.
For the past year, analysts have significantly revised downwards their profit estimates.
For the last twelve months, the analysts covering the company have given a bearish overview of EPS estimates, resulting in frequent downward revisions.
Over the past four months, analysts' average price target has been revised downwards significantly.
The group usually releases earnings worse than estimated.

Ratings chart - Surperformance

Sector: Specialty Chemicals

	1st Jan change	Capi.	ESG Refinitiv
HEIQ PLC	+1.07%	30.3M	-
ECOLAB INC.	+17.80%	66.73B	A-
SIKA AG	+2.92%	49.79B	A-
GIVAUDAN SA	+19.98%	42.5B	B+
FUJIFILM HOLDINGS CORPORATION	+20.88%	26.45B	A-
EMS-CHEMIE HOLDING AG	+12.04%	19.66B	C+
CELANESE CORPORATION	+1.27%	17.18B	B+
POSCO FUTURE M CO., LTD.	-22.98%	15.82B	A-
SYMRISE AG	+2.77%	15.56B	B+
ALBEMARLE CORPORATION	-9.25%	15.41B	C+

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