Summary

● The company presents an interesting fundamental situation from a short-term investment perspective.


Strengths

● The company's EBITDA/Sales ratio is relatively high and results in high margins before depreciation, amortization and taxes.

● The group's high margin levels account for strong profits.

● Over the last twelve months, the sales forecast has been frequently revised upwards.

● Upward revisions of sales forecast reflect a renewed optimism among the analysts covering the stock.

● For the last twelve months, analysts have been gradually revising upwards their EPS forecast for the upcoming fiscal year.

● For several months, analysts have been revising their EPS estimates roughly upwards.

● Analysts covering this company mostly recommend stock overweighting or purchase.

● The average price target of analysts who are interested in the stock has been strongly revised upwards over the last four months.

● 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.

● 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.

● The group usually releases upbeat results with huge surprise rates.


Weaknesses

● According to Standard & Poor's' forecast, revenue growth prospects are expected to be very low for the next fiscal years.

● The company's earnings growth outlook lacks momentum and is a weakness.

● One of the major weak points of the company is its financial situation.

● The company appears highly valued given the size of its balance sheet.

● The company is highly valued given the cash flows generated by its activity.

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