Shares in ArcelorMittal currently show the technical configuration of a trading range. The recently observed decline yields a good timing for new long positions close to the support level.
Summary
● The company has strong fundamentals. More than 70% of listed companies have a lower mix of growth, profitability, debt and visibility criteria.
● The company has solid fundamentals for a short-term investment strategy.
Strengths
● The company shows low valuation levels, with an enterprise value at 0.55 times its sales.
● Its low valuation, with P/E ratio at 8.47 and 9.02 for the ongoing fiscal year and 2018 respectively, makes the stock pretty attractive with regard to earnings multiples.
● Over the last 4 months, analysts have significantly revised upwards the company's estimated sales.
● Over the past year, analysts have regularly revised upwards their sales forecast for the company.
● For several months, analysts have been revising their EPS estimates roughly upwards.
● For the past year, analysts covering the stock have been revising their EPS expectations upwards in a significant manner.
● Analysts have a positive opinion on this stock. Average consensus recommends overweighting or purchasing the stock.
● The average target price set by analysts covering the stock is above current prices and offers a tremendous appreciation potential.
Weaknesses
● According to forecast, a sluggish sales growth is expected for the next fiscal years.
● Prospects from analysts covering the stock are not consistent. Such dispersed sales estimates confirm the poor visibility into the group's activity.
● Financial statements have repeatedly disappointed market stakeholders. Most often, they were below expectations.
● The company is not the most generous with respect to shareholders' compensation.
● Analysts covering the stock have recently lowered their earnings forecast.
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ArcelorMittal is No. 1 worldwide for steelmaking. Net sales break down by activity as follows:
- sale of carbon flat steel (55.5%): spools of hot and cold rolled laminated steel, coated sheets, etc.;
- sale of carbon long steel (20.3%): I-beams, concrete rounds, merchant steels, machine wire, saw wire, steel pilings, mass transit rails, special profiles, and wire drawing products;
- sale of tubular products (3.1%);
- sale of iron ore and coal (2.5%);
- other (18.6%): primarily steel processing, distribution and trading.
The group's products are primarily intended for the following sectors: automotive, household appliances, packaging and construction.
Net sales are distributed geographically as follows: Germany (9.3%), Poland (7.2%), France (6.7%), Spain (6.1%), Europe (23.3%), United States (15%), Americas (23.6%), and Asia and Africa (8.8%).
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Investor
Investor
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Global
Global
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ESG MSCI
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