● The company has strong fundamentals. More than 70% of listed companies have a lower mix of growth, profitability, debt and visibility criteria.
● The company has solid fundamentals for a short-term investment strategy.
Strengths
● Predictions on business development from analysts polled by Thomson-Reuters are tight. This results from either a good visibility into core activities or accurate earnings releases.
● Historically, the company has been releasing figures that are above expectations.
● For the past year, analysts covering the stock have been revising their EPS expectations upwards in a significant manner.
● The stock is in a well-established, long-term rising trend above the technical support level at 447.5 CHF
Weaknesses
● 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 relatively low growth outlooks, the group is not among those with the highest revenue growth potential.
● The company benefits from high valuations in earnings multiples.
● The company is not the most generous with respect to shareholders' compensation.
● The appreciation potential seems limited due to the average target prices set by the analysts covering the stock.