The recent downward movement has sent LVMH Moët Hennessy Louis Vuitton SE shares back to attractive levels situated around 610.2 EUR. This zone could put an end to the downward movement and offers a good timing for new long positions.
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's earnings per share (EPS) are expected to grow significantly over the next few years according to the consensus of analysts covering the stock.
● The company's EBITDA/Sales ratio is relatively high and results in high margins before depreciation, amortization and taxes.
● The group's high margin levels account for strong profits.
● The company is in a robust financial situation considering its net cash and margin position.
● Over the past year, analysts have regularly revised upwards their sales forecast for the company.
● Sales forecast by analysts have been recently revised upwards.
● For the past year, analysts covering the stock have been revising their EPS expectations upwards in a significant manner.
● For the last 4 months, the company has been enjoying highly positive EPS revisions, which were frequently and significantly raised.
● The average price target of analysts who are interested in the stock has been strongly revised upwards over the last four months.
Weaknesses
● The company benefits from high valuations in earnings multiples.
● With an enterprise value anticipated at 5.33 times the sales for the current fiscal year, the company turns out to be overvalued.
● In relation to the value of its tangible assets, the company's valuation appears relatively high.
● The company is not the most generous with respect to shareholders' compensation.
● The price targets of analysts who cover the stock differ significantly. This implies difficulties in evaluating the company and its business.
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LVMH Moët Hennessy Louis Vuitton SE is the world leader in luxury products. Net sales break down by family of products as follows:
- fashion and leather items (48.9%): brands such as Louis Vuitton, Kenzo, Celine, Fendi, Marc Jacobs, Givenchy, etc.;
- watches and jewels (12.8%): Bulgari, TAG Heuer, Zenith, Hublot, Chaumet, Fred brands, Tiffany, etc.;
- perfumes and cosmetics products (9.6%): perfumes (Christian Dior, Guerlain, Loewe, Kenzo brands, etc.), makeup products (Make Up For Ever, Guerlain, Acqua di Parma, etc.), etc.;
- wines and spirits (7.7%): champagnes (Moët & Chandon, Mercier, Veuve Clicquot Ponsardin, Dom Pérignon brands, etc.; No. 1 worldwide), wines (Cape Mentelle, Château D'Yquem, etc.), cognacs (mainly Hennessy; No. 1 worldwide), whisky (mainly Glenmorangie), etc.;
The remaining sales (21%) are from selective distribution through the Sephora, DFS, Miami Cruiseline chains and Le Bon Marché and La Samaritaine department stores.
At the end of 2023, products are marketed via a network of 6,097 outlets located throughout the world.
Net sales are distributed geographically as follows: France (7.9%), Europe (16.4%), Japan (7.3%), Asia (30.8%), the United States (25.3%) and other (12.3%).