The underlying tendency is to the upside for shares in Sonic Automotive, Inc. and the timing is opportune to get back into the stock. A comeback of the upward dynamic can be anticipated.
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.
● The company's Refinitiv ESG score, based on a relative ranking of the company within its sector, comes out particularly poor.
Strengths
● Growth is a substantial asset for the company, as anticipated by dedicated analysts. Within the next three years, growth is estimated to reach 92% by 2023.
● The equity is one of the most attractive in the market with regard to earnings multiple-based valuation.
● The company is one of the most undervalued, with an "enterprise value to sales" ratio at 0.22 for the 2021 fiscal year.
● Over the past year, analysts have regularly revised upwards their sales forecast for the company.
● Growth remains a strong point in this company. In their sales forecast, analysts sound optimistic with regard to sales prospects.
● For the last twelve months, analysts have been gradually revising upwards their EPS forecast for the upcoming fiscal year.
● For the last 4 months, the company has been enjoying highly positive EPS revisions, which were frequently and significantly raised.
● 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.
● Consensus analysts have strongly revised their opinion of the company over the past 12 months.
Weaknesses
● The potential for earnings per share (EPS) growth in the coming years appears limited according to current analyst estimates.
● The company's profitability before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization characterizes fragile margins.
● Low profitability weakens the company.
● The firm pays small or no dividend to shareholders. For that reason, it is not a yield company.
● The price targets of various analysts who make up the consensus differ significantly. This reflects different assessments and/or a difficulty in valuing the company.
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Sonic Automotive, Inc. is an automotive retailer in the United States. The Company operates through three segments. The Franchised Dealerships segment provides comprehensive sales and services, including sales of both new and used cars and light trucks; sales of replacement parts and performance of vehicle maintenance, manufacturer warranty repairs, and paint and collision repair services, collectively, Fixed Operations; and arrangement of third-party financing, extended warranties, service contracts, insurance, and other aftermarket products, collectively, finance and insurance (F&I) for its guests. The EchoPark segment sells used cars and light trucks and arranges third-party F&I product sales for its guests in pre-owned vehicle specialty retail locations. The Powersports segment offers guests sales of both new and used powersports vehicles, such as motorcycles, personal watercraft, and all-terrain vehicles; Fixed Operations activities; and F&I services.