LUFTHANSA ● 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.
● According to Refinitiv, the company's ESG score for its industry is good.
Strengths
● Analysts expect a sharply increasing business volume for the group, with high growth rates in the coming years.
● The company's profit outlook over the next few years is a strong asset.
● The company is one of the most undervalued, with an "enterprise value to sales" ratio at 0.53 for the 2022 fiscal year.
● Over the last twelve months, the sales forecast has been frequently revised upwards.
● Analysts have consistently raised their revenue expectations for the company, which provides good prospects for the current and next years in terms of revenue growth.
● For the last twelve months, analysts have been gradually revising upwards their EPS forecast for the upcoming fiscal year.
● 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.
Weaknesses
● The company's profitability before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization characterizes fragile margins.
● Low profitability weakens the company.
● The group shows a rather high level of debt in proportion to its EBITDA.
● The company is not the most generous with respect to shareholders' compensation.
● Sales estimates for the next fiscal years vary from one analyst to another. This clearly highlights a lack of visibility into the company's future 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.
● The company's earnings releases usually do not meet expectations.
