Summary

● In a short-term perspective, the company has interesting fundamentals.


Strengths

● The close medium term support offers good timing for purchasing the stock.

● The group's high margin levels account for strong profits.

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

● Over the last twelve months, the sales forecast has been frequently revised upwards.

● Analysts remain confident with respect to the group's activity and, more often than not, have revised upwards their earnings per share estimates.

● For the last twelve months, analysts have been gradually revising upwards their EPS forecast for the upcoming fiscal year.

● The stock is in a well-established, long-term rising trend above the technical support level at 37.39 USD


Weaknesses

● According to Thomson-Reuters' forecast, revenue growth prospects are expected to be very low for the next fiscal years.

● Sales estimates for the next fiscal years vary from one analyst to another. This clearly highlights a lack of visibility into the company's future activity.

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

● With a 2018 P/E ratio at 25.48 times the estimated earnings, the company operates at rather significant levels of earnings multiples.