The technical chart pattern of Sodexo shares shows signs of a medium term reversal, which speaks in favor of opening new long positions.
Summary
● Overall, the company has poor fundamentals for a medium to long-term investment strategy.
● The company's MSCI ESG score, based on a ranking of the company relative to its industry, comes out particularly well.
Strengths
● This company will be of major interest to investors in search of a high dividend stock.
● Considering the small differences between the analysts' various estimates, the group's business visibility is good.
● Analysts' price targets are all relatively close, reflecting good visibility on the company's valuation.
Weaknesses
● The company's currently anticipated earnings per share (EPS) growth for the next few years is a notable weakness.
● The company's profitability before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization characterizes fragile margins.
● The company is in debt and has limited leeway for investment
● The company is highly valued given the cash flows generated by its activity.
● For the last 12 months, analysts have been regularly downgrading their EPS expectations. Analysts predict worse results for the company against their predictions a year ago.
● For the last twelve months, the analysts covering the company have given a bearish overview of EPS estimates, resulting in frequent downward revisions.
● Most analysts recommend that the stock should be sold or reduced.
● The average price target of analysts who are interested in the stock has been significantly revised downwards over the last four months.
● Over the past twelve months, analysts' opinions have been revised negatively.
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Sodexo is a world leader in food and facilities management services. The group offers onsite services: meal preparation, management of restaurants, reception and conference centers, reception services, mail processing, transport, cleaning, gardening, technical maintenance, security, facility management, sanitation, etc.
Net sales break down by market between companies and government departments (47.4%), healthcare facilities and senior-citizen residences (24.3%), schools and universities (19.7%) and entertainment (9.6%; Sodexo Live!).
Net sales are distributed geographically as follows: Europe (35.7%), North America (46.4%), Asia/Pacific/Middle East/Africa/Latin America (17.9%).
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Investor
Investor
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Global
Global
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Quality
Quality
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ESG MSCI
ESG MSCI
The MSCI ESG score assesses a company’s environmental, social, and governance practices relative to its industry peers. Companies are rated from CCC (laggard) to AAA (leader). This rating helps investors incorporate sustainability risks and opportunities into their investment decisions.
