A strong break-out to the upside has recently been seen in Carrefour. The current technical chart pattern could allow for a continuation of the upward dynamic.
Summary
● Overall, and from a short-term perspective, the company presents an interesting fundamental situation.
● The company has a good ESG score relative to its sector, according to MSCI.
Strengths
● The company's attractive earnings multiples are brought to light by a P/E ratio at 11.44 for the current year.
● The company shows low valuation levels, with an enterprise value at 0.23 times its sales.
● The company's share price in relation to its net book value makes it look relatively cheap.
● The company has a low valuation given the cash flows generated by its activity.
● This company will be of major interest to investors in search of a high dividend stock.
● For the past twelve months, EPS forecast has been revised upwards.
Weaknesses
● The company's currently anticipated earnings per share (EPS) growth for the next few years is a notable weakness.
● The company's profitability before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization characterizes fragile margins.
● The group shows a rather high level of debt in proportion to its EBITDA.
● For the last twelve months, the trend in sales revisions has been clearly going down, which emphasizes downgraded expectations from the analysts.
● Revenue estimates are regularly revised downwards for the current and coming years.
● Most analysts recommend that the stock should be sold or reduced.
● 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.
● The price targets of analysts who cover the stock differ significantly. This implies difficulties in evaluating the company and its business.
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Carrefour is the No. 1 distribution group in Europe and No. 2 in the world. The group's activity is organized into 3 types of stores:
- hypermarkets: at the end of 2024, owns 1,220 stores under the Carrefour and Atacadão names;
- supermarkets: owns 4,301 stores under the Carrefour Market name;
- other : operates a network of 8,899 local stores (Carrefour Express, Carrefour City, Carrefour Contact, So.Bio, etc. names), 627 Cash & Carry stores, 197 stores (Soft discount and Sam's Club), as well as e-commerce sites (Carrefour, Ooshop, etc.).
Net sales are distributed geographically as follows: France (46.3%), Europe (27.6%) and Latin America (26.1%).
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Investor
Investor
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ESG MSCI
ESG MSCI
The MSCI ESG score assesses a company’s environmental, social, and governance practices relative to its industry peers. Companies are rated from CCC (laggard) to AAA (leader). This rating helps investors incorporate sustainability risks and opportunities into their investment decisions.
