Givaudan SA: The comeback of an upward trend can be anticipated
Published on 12/30/2016
at 08:42 am GMT
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CHF 1,852
CHF 1,907
CHF 1,825
+2.97%
The technical chart pattern of Givaudan S.A. stock suggests the beginning of a trend reversal over the medium term.
Summary
● The company has strong fundamentals. More than 70% of listed companies have a lower mix of growth, profitability, debt and visibility criteria.
Strengths
● The group's activity appears highly profitable thanks to its outperforming net margins.
● 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.
● This company will be of major interest to investors in search of a high dividend stock.
Weaknesses
● With an enterprise value anticipated at 3.84 times the sales for the current fiscal year, the company turns out to be overvalued.
● Below the resistance at 1907 CHF, the stock shows a negative configuration when looking looking at the weekly chart.
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Givaudan SA is one of the world's leading producers of flavors and perfumes. Net sales break down by family of products as follows:
- flavors (51.3%): for producing salted side dishes prepared dishes, snacks, soups and sauces, meat and poultry), beverages (fruit juices, instant beverages), sweet goods, and dairy products;
- perfumes (48.7%): intended to the production of cosmetic products and of consumer products (cleaning and maintenance products, etc.).
At the end of 2025, the group had 167 production sites worldwide.
Net sales are distributed geographically as follows: Switzerland (1.1%), Europe (29.4%), North America (22.9%), Asia/Pacific (20.2%), South Asia/Africa/Middle East (15.3%) and Latin America (11.1%).
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