The timing appears opportune to go long in shares of ASOS Plc as we anticipate another pick-up in the underlying 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
● The prospective high growth for the next fiscal years is among the main assets of the company
● The group usually releases upbeat results with huge surprise rates.
● Over the last 4 months, analysts have significantly revised upwards the company's estimated sales.
● For the last 4 months, the company has been enjoying highly positive EPS revisions, which were frequently and significantly raised.
● For the past year, analysts covering the stock have been revising their EPS expectations upwards in a significant manner.
● The tendency within the weekly time frame is positive above the technical support level at 2347 GBX
Weaknesses
● Stock prices approach a strong long-term resistance in weekly data at GBX 4975.
● Technically, the stock approaches a strong medium-term resistance at GBX 5066.
● The company does not generate enough profits, which is an alarming weak point.
● 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 company's valuation in terms of earnings multiples is rather high. Indeed, the firm is getting paid 43.86 times its estimated earnings per share for the ongoing year.
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ASOS Plc is a United Kingdom-based global fashion retailer. The Companyâs segments include the United Kingdom, Europe, the United States and the Rest of the World. It has approximately 17 own brands, including ASOS Design, ASOS Edition, ASOS 4505, ASOS Luxe, As You, Collusion, Topshop Topman, Miss Selfridge, HIIT, Dark Future, Unrvlld Spply, Crooked Tongues, Day Social and Actual. The Company sells products across the world and has Websites targeting countries that include the United Kingdom, the United States, Australia, France, Germany, Spain, Italy, Sweden, the Netherlands, Denmark and Poland. The Companyâs warehouse network includes four fulfillment centers and five returns centers, enabling them to provide next day delivery to the majority of its global customer base. Its Barnsley and Lichfield warehouses service both the United Kingdom and Rest of World territories, with Eurohub servicing Europe and Atlanta servicing North America.