Strengths

● The company's profit outlook over the next few years is a strong asset.

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

● The group's activity appears highly profitable thanks to its outperforming net margins.

● This company will be of major interest to investors in search of a high dividend stock.

● 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.

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

● Historically, the company has been releasing figures that are above expectations.


Weaknesses

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

● The company's valuation in terms of earnings multiples is rather high. Indeed, the firm is getting paid 35.14 times its estimated earnings per share for the ongoing year.

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

● Sales estimates for the next fiscal years vary from one analyst to another. This clearly highlights a lack of visibility into the company's future activity.