Shares in Secom Co., Ltd. show a positive technical chart pattern over the medium term. The timing to jump back on the rising trend seems good.
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
● Thanks to a sound financial situation, the firm has significant leeway for investment.
● Considering the small differences between the analysts' various estimates, the group's business visibility is good.
● The divergence of price targets given by the various analysts who make up the consensus is relatively low, suggesting a consensus method of evaluating the company and its prospects.
Weaknesses
● According to forecast, a sluggish sales growth is expected for the next fiscal years.
● The company's earnings growth outlook lacks momentum and is a weakness.
● With a 2024 P/E ratio at 23.9 times the estimated earnings, the company operates at rather significant levels of earnings multiples.
● The three month average target prices set by analysts do not offer high potential in comparison with the current prices.
Secom Co., Ltd. is No. 1 in Japan of safety services. Net sales break down by activity as follows:
- safety services (49.1%): installation and maintenance of electronic safety systems (primarily buildings access control systems, explosive control systems, electronic equipments of possessions and persons identification, anti-intrusion alarms), VIP protection, funds and valuable objects transportation, etc.;
- medical services (15.8%): home care services, medicines delivery services, sale of medical equipments, etc.;
- sale, installation and maintenance of protection against fire systems (12.4%);
- business process outsourcing and ICT services (10.3%) ;
- insurance services (5.3%): fire, automotive and health insurance;
- geospatial data broadcasting (4.7%);
- development and promotion of real estate assets (2.4%): primarily residential buildings with advanced safety systems.
Japan accounts for 96.1% of net sales.