Summit Materials, Inc. shares show a positive technical situation which suggests a continuation of the upward dynamic over the medium term.
Summary
● The company has strong fundamentals. More than 70% of companies have a lower mix of growth, profitability, debt and visibility.
● Overall, and from a short-term perspective, the company presents an interesting fundamental situation.
Strengths
● Its core activity has a significant growth potential and sales are expected to surge, according to Standard & Poor's' forecast. Indeed, those may increase by 78% by 2026.
● Before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization, the company's margins are particularly high.
● 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 last twelve months, analysts have been gradually revising upwards their EPS forecast for the upcoming fiscal year.
● For the past twelve months, EPS forecast has been revised upwards.
● Analysts have a positive opinion on this stock. Average consensus recommends overweighting or purchasing the stock.
● There is high visibility into the group's activities for the coming years. Outlooks on future revenues from analysts covering the equity remain similar. Such hardly dispersed estimates support highly predictable sales for the current and upcoming fiscal years.
● Analysts' price targets are all relatively close, reflecting good visibility on the company's valuation.
● The group usually releases upbeat results with huge surprise rates.
Weaknesses
● The company's earnings growth outlook lacks momentum and is a weakness.
● The company is in debt and has limited leeway for investment
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Summit Materials, Inc. is a producer of aggregates and cement with vertically integrated operations that supply ready-mix concrete and asphalt in select markets. The Companyâs West segment consists of its West and South regions, and includes operations in Texas, Utah, Arizona, Colorado, Idaho, Wyoming, Oklahoma, Arkansas and British Columbia, Canada. The West segment supplies aggregates, ready-mix concrete, asphalt paving mix and paving and related services. Its East segment consists of its East and Central regions and serves markets extending across the Midwestern and Eastern United States, notably in Kansas, Missouri, Virginia, Florida, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, and Nebraska where it supplies aggregates, ready-mix concrete, asphalt paving mix and paving and related services. Its Cement segment consists of its Hannibal, Missouri and Davenport, Iowa cement plants and nine distribution terminals along the Mississippi River from Minnesota to Louisiana.