The decline over the past weeks has brought the price of IMCD N.V. shares back to an important technical support level at 120.95 EUR. This represents an opportunity to take advantage of these prices levels.
Summary
● The company has strong fundamentals. More than 70% of companies have a lower mix of growth, profitability, debt and visibility.
● The company presents an interesting fundamental situation from a short-term investment perspective.
Strengths
● Over the last twelve months, the sales forecast has been frequently revised upwards.
● Sales forecast by analysts have been recently revised upwards.
● For the past year, analysts covering the stock have been revising their EPS expectations upwards in a significant manner.
Weaknesses
● With an expected P/E ratio at 39.6 and 34.65 respectively for both the current and next fiscal years, the company operates with high earnings multiples.
● In relation to the value of its tangible assets, the company's valuation appears relatively high.
● The valuation of the company is particularly high given the cash flows generated by its activity.
● The company is not the most generous with respect to shareholders' compensation.
● Over the past four months, analysts' average price target has been revised downwards significantly.
● Over the past twelve months, analysts' opinions have been revised negatively.
● The price targets of analysts who cover the stock differ significantly. This implies difficulties in evaluating the company and its business.
● The group usually releases earnings worse than estimated.
IMCD N.V. is one of the world's leaders in the distribution of specialty chemicals and food ingredients. The group's activity is organized primarily around 8 markets:
- house cleaning and maintenance products and textile products: surfactants, abrasives, bleaching agents, dyes, solubilizing agents, functional additives, etc.;
- pharmaceutical products: excipients, active pharmaceutical ingredients, solvents, formulation intermediates and chemical synthesis, etc.;
- personal care products: dyes, rheology modifiers, active and functional and sensory ingredients, sunscreen agents, antioxidants, exfoliants, preservatives, etc.;
- coating products: additives, pigments, resins and special solvents;
- nutritional and food products: acids, emulsifiers, oils, fibers, preservatives, sweeteners, enzymes, plant extracts, etc.;
- lubricants: additives, silicone derivatives, esters, corrosion inhibitors, markers, surfactants, etc.;
- chemical products synthesis: monomers, catalysts, reactive diluents, solvents and additives;
- plastic products: mixers, thermoplastic elastomers, polyurethanes, composite materials, etc.
Net sales break down geographically as follows: the Netherlands (1.5%), Europe/Middle East/Africa (42.2%), Asia/Pacific (24.5%), North America (22.3%), and Latin America (9.5%).
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