ACCOR ● The company has strong fundamentals. More than 70% of companies have a lower mix of growth, profitability, debt and visibility.
● Overall, and from a short-term perspective, the company presents an interesting fundamental situation.
● The company's Refinitiv ESG score, based on a ranking of the company relative to its industry, comes out particularly well.
Strengths
● Growth progress expectations are rather promising. Indeed, sales are expected to rise sharply in the coming years.
● The company's profit outlook over the next few years is a strong asset.
● Over the past year, analysts have regularly revised upwards their sales forecast for the company.
● Growth remains a strong point in this company. In their sales forecast, analysts sound optimistic with regard to sales prospects.
● For the past year, analysts covering the stock have been revising their EPS expectations upwards in a significant manner.
● For the last 4 months, the company has been enjoying highly positive EPS revisions, which were frequently and significantly raised.
● Analyst opinion has improved significantly over the past four months.
● Consensus analysts have strongly revised their opinion of the company over the past 12 months.
● Historically, the company has been releasing figures that are above expectations.
Weaknesses
● The group shows a rather high level of debt in proportion to its EBITDA.
● The company's valuation in terms of earnings multiples is rather high. Indeed, the firm is getting paid 37.03 times its estimated earnings per share for the ongoing year.
● Over the past four months, analysts' average price target has been revised downwards significantly.
● Prospects from analysts covering the stock are not consistent. Such dispersed sales estimates confirm the poor visibility into the group's activity.
● The price targets of various analysts who make up the consensus differ significantly. This reflects different assessments and/or a difficulty in valuing the company.
