Summary

● The company has solid fundamentals for a short-term investment strategy.


Strengths

● The company returns high margins, thereby supporting business profitability.

● 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.

● Sales forecast by analysts have been recently revised upwards.

● Analysts remain confident with respect to the group's activity and, more often than not, have revised upwards their earnings per share estimates.

● The stock is in a well-established, long-term rising trend above the technical support level at 121.2 EUR


Weaknesses

● The company's "enterprise value to sales" ratio is among the highest in the world.

● With an expected P/E ratio at 63.34 and 50.08 respectively for both the current and next fiscal years, the company operates with high earnings multiples.

● The company is not the most generous with respect to shareholders' compensation.

● Most analysts recommend that the stock should be sold or reduced.

● The three month average target prices set by analysts do not offer high potential in comparison with the current prices.