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.