Summary

● 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.