● Overall, and from a short-term perspective, the company presents an interesting fundamental situation.
Strengths
● The company's EBITDA/Sales ratio is relatively high and results in high margins before depreciation, amortization and taxes.
● The company is one of the best yield companies with high dividend expectations.
● 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.
● Consensus analysts have strongly revised their opinion of the company over the past 12 months.
Weaknesses
● The company's earnings growth outlook lacks momentum and is a weakness.
● One of the major weak points of the company is its financial situation.
● The company's valuation in terms of earnings multiples is rather high. Indeed, the firm is getting paid 51.44 times its estimated earnings per share for the ongoing year.
● The company's "enterprise value to sales" ratio is among the highest in the world.
● Financial statements have repeatedly disappointed market stakeholders. Most often, they were below expectations.