The underlying tendency is to the upside for shares in Brenntag SE and the timing is opportune to get back into the stock. A comeback of the upward dynamic can be anticipated.
Summary
● The company has strong fundamentals. More than 70% of companies have a lower mix of growth, profitability, debt and visibility.
● The company presents an interesting fundamental situation from a short-term investment perspective.
Strengths
● The company has attractive valuation levels with a low EV/sales ratio compared with its peers.
● Upward revisions of sales forecast reflect a renewed optimism among the analysts covering the stock.
● Analysts remain confident with respect to the group's activity and, more often than not, have revised upwards their earnings per share estimates.
● Over the past four months, analysts' average price target has been revised upwards significantly.
Weaknesses
● The company's profitability before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization characterizes fragile margins.
● The valuation of the company is particularly high given the cash flows generated by its activity.
● Over the past twelve months, analysts' consensus has been significantly revised downwards.
● The price targets of various analysts who make up the consensus differ significantly. This reflects different assessments and/or a difficulty in valuing the company.
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Brenntag SE is the world leader in distribution of industrial chemicals and specialty products (organic and inorganic chemicals, solvents, plastics, resins, additives, paints, etc.). The group also offers storage and processing services, custom mixing, logistics management, accompaniment, and training.
At the end of 2024, the group had around 600 distribution sites worldwide.
Net sales are distributed geographically as follows: Germany (7.4%), the United States (35.7%), the United Kingdom (5.1%), China (4.5%), Canada (3.9%), Italy (3.7%), Poland (3.4%), France (3.2%) and other (33.1%).
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