Ratings Coles Group Limited

Equities

COL

AU0000030678

Market Closed - Australian S.E. Other stock markets 02:10:52 2024-04-24 am EDT			5-day change	1st Jan Change
16.32 ^AUD	+0.12%		+1.68%	+1.30%

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Summary

The company presents an interesting fundamental situation from a short-term investment perspective.
The company's Refinitiv ESG score, based on a ranking of the company relative to its industry, comes out particularly well.

Strengths

With regards to fundamentals, the enterprise value to sales ratio is at 0.7 for the current period. Therefore, the company is undervalued.
Over the past four months, analysts' average price target has been revised upwards significantly.
There is high visibility into the group's activities for the coming years. Outlooks on future revenues from analysts covering the equity remain similar. Such hardly dispersed estimates support highly predictable sales for the current and upcoming fiscal years.
The divergence of price targets given by the various analysts who make up the consensus is relatively low, suggesting a consensus method of evaluating the company and its prospects.

Weaknesses

The potential for earnings per share (EPS) growth in the coming years appears limited according to current analyst estimates.
The company's profitability before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization characterizes fragile margins.
The company sustains low margins.
In relation to the value of its tangible assets, the company's valuation appears relatively high.
Over the past twelve months, analysts' consensus has been significantly revised downwards.

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Sector: Food Retail & Distribution

	1st Jan change	Capi.	Investor Rating	ESG Refinitiv
COLES GROUP LIMITED	+1.30%	14.13B		B
FOMENTO ECONÓMICO MEXICANO, S.A.B. DE C.V.	-10.48%	37.7B		A-
AVENUE SUPERMARTS LIMITED	+14.07%	37.47B		C
SEVEN & I HOLDINGS CO., LTD.	+9.92%	34.52B		A
SM INVESTMENTS CORPORATION	+8.66%	20.02B		B
JERÓNIMO MARTINS, SGPS, S.A.	-19.14%	12.51B		B-
CARREFOUR	-5.25%	11.86B		B+
ICA GRUPPEN	-.--%	11.82B	-	-
CASEY'S GENERAL STORES, INC.	+16.07%	11.68B		B-
DINO POLSKA S.A.	-20.53%	9.25B		C

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