SSE PLC ● The company presents an interesting fundamental situation from a short-term investment perspective.
● The company has a good ESG score relative to its sector, according to Refinitiv.
Strengths
● Before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization, the company's margins are particularly high.
● The company returns high margins, thereby supporting business profitability.
● The company is one of the best yield companies with high dividend expectations.
● Over the past year, analysts have regularly revised upwards their sales forecast for the company.
● Upward revisions of sales forecast reflect a renewed optimism among the analysts covering the stock.
● For the past twelve months, EPS forecast has been revised upwards.
● The average price target of analysts who are interested in the stock has been strongly revised upwards over the last four months.
● Analyst opinion has improved significantly over the past four months.
Weaknesses
● The company's currently anticipated earnings per share (EPS) growth for the next few years is a notable weakness.
● The company is in a hindered financial situation with significant debt and rather low EBITDA levels.
● With an enterprise value anticipated at 3.57 times the sales for the current fiscal year, the company turns out to be overvalued.
● In relation to the value of its tangible assets, the company's valuation appears relatively high.
● Prospects from analysts covering the stock are not consistent. Such dispersed sales estimates confirm the poor visibility into the group's activity.
