Ratings Macfarlane Group PLC

Equities

MACF

GB0005518872

Market Closed - London S.E. Other stock markets 11:35:15 2024-04-19 am EDT			5-day change	1st Jan Change
143.5 ^GBX	-0.35%		-1.03%	+22.65%

Mar. 13	EARNINGS AND TRADING: PensionBee nears profit; OptiBiotix Indian deal	AN
Mar. 13	Macfarlane Unit to Purchase Allpack Packaging Supplies for GBP3 Million	MT

Summary

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.

Strengths

The company has attractive valuation levels with a low EV/sales ratio compared with its peers.
For the past twelve months, EPS forecast has been revised upwards.
Analysts covering this company mostly recommend stock overweighting or purchase.
Over the past twelve months, analysts' opinions have been strongly revised upwards.
Predictions on business development from analysts polled by Standard & Poor's are tight. This results from either a good visibility into core activities or accurate earnings releases.
Analysts' price targets are all relatively close, reflecting good visibility on the company's valuation.

Weaknesses

With relatively low growth outlooks, the group is not among those with the highest revenue growth potential.
The potential for earnings per share (EPS) growth in the coming years appears limited according to current analyst estimates.
For the last twelve months, sales expectations have been significantly downgraded, which means that less important sales volumes are expected for the current fiscal year over the previous period.
Revenue estimates are regularly revised downwards for the current and coming years.

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Sector: Non-Paper Containers & Packaging

	1st Jan change	Capi.	Investor Rating	ESG Refinitiv
MACFARLANE GROUP PLC	+22.65%	285M		C
BALL CORPORATION	+12.92%	20.26B		A-
AVERY DENNISON CORPORATION	+4.65%	16.86B		A-
CCL INDUSTRIES INC.	+18.44%	9.23B		C+
CROWN HOLDINGS, INC.	-15.66%	9.18B		B
SILGAN HOLDINGS INC.	+4.75%	5B		D+
SEALED AIR CORPORATION	-13.75%	4.58B		B
VISCOFAN, S.A.	+10.26%	2.92B		B
GREIF, INC.	-6.45%	2.9B		B
NAMPAK ZIMBABWE LIMITED	+266.10%	2.53B	-	-

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