Total : Good timing to anticipate a continuation of the trend

02/08/2019 | 05:30am EDT

long trade Target price hit

Entry price : 48.485€ | Target : 51€ | Stop-loss : 47.1€ | Potential : 5.19%

Total shares show a positive technical situation which suggests a continuation of the upward dynamic over the medium term. Investors have an opportunity to buy the stock and target the € 51.

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Summary

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

Strengths

• The current area is a good opportunity for investors interested in buying the stock in a mid or long-term perspective. Indeed, the share is moving closer to its lower bound at EUR 45.5 EUR in weekly data.
• The company returns high margins, thereby supporting business profitability.
• The company has attractive valuation levels with a low EV/sales ratio compared with its peers.
• Its low valuation, with P/E ratio at 9.48 and 9.06 for the ongoing fiscal year and 2020 respectively, makes the stock pretty attractive with regard to earnings multiples.
• The company is one of the best yield companies with high dividend expectations.
• Over the past year, analysts have regularly revised upwards their sales forecast for the company.
• For the last twelve months, analysts have been gradually revising upwards their EPS forecast for the upcoming fiscal year.
• Analysts have a positive opinion on this stock. Average consensus recommends overweighting or purchasing the stock.
• The difference between current prices and the average target price is rather important and implies a significant appreciation potential for the stock.

Weaknesses

• As estimated by analysts, this group is among those businesses with the lowest growth prospects.
• The group usually releases earnings worse than estimated.
• The company's sales previsions for the coming years have been revised downwards, which foreshadows another slowdown in business.
• For the last twelve months, the analysts covering the company have given a bearish overview of EPS estimates, resulting in frequent downward revisions.

Anaïs Lozach

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