The current trading zone is interesting to the point that investors should pay attention to the stock and anticipate a return of the underlying upward trend.
Summary
● The company has strong fundamentals. More than 70% of listed companies have a lower mix of growth, profitability, debt and visibility criteria.
● In a short-term perspective, the company has interesting fundamentals.
Strengths
● Margins returned by the company are among the highest on the stock exchange list. Its core activity clears big profits.
● Considering the small differences between the analysts' various estimates, the group's business visibility is good.
● Over the last 4 months, analysts have significantly revised upwards the company's estimated sales.
● Over the past year, analysts have regularly revised upwards their sales forecast for the company.
● For the last week, the earnings per share forecast has been revised upwards. According to recent estimates, analysts give a positive overview of the stock
● For the last 4 months, the company has been enjoying highly positive EPS revisions, which were frequently and significantly raised.
● The stock is in a well-established, long-term rising trend above the technical support level at 227.45 USD
Weaknesses
● The share is close to its long-term resistance in weekly data. Therefore, the potential should be limited. However, a further bullish movement when crossing this resistance will be a positive signal.
● The stock is currently in contact with a medium-term resistance that must be gotten rid of so as to resume the upward trend.
● With an enterprise value anticipated at 4.72 times the sales for the current fiscal year, the company turns out to be overvalued.
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3M Company is an industrial group organized around four product families:
- industrial products, safety and graphics materials (33.5% of net sales including intra-group): abrasive products, adhesives, cleaners, air and liquid filtration systems, anti-slip coating products, fire protection systems, road signage products, etc. The group also provides display equipment and graphics systems;
- electronics and energy products (26%): interconnection products, connectors, optical components, etc.;
- healthcare products (25.1%): orthopedic, chirurgical and respiratory materials, feminine hygiene products, dental products, etc.;
- consumer goods (15.4%): adhesive tape, self-adhesive papers, filters, projectors, screen supports, etc.
Net sales are distributed geographically as follows: Americas (56.2%), Asia/Pacific (25.9%), and Europe/Middle East/Africa (17.9%).
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