The fact that share price is returning to the lower bounds of the trading range offers a good timing to enter into new long positions in Scor SE.
Summary
● The company has strong fundamentals. More than 70% of listed companies have a lower mix of growth, profitability, debt and visibility criteria.
● In a short-term perspective, the company has interesting fundamentals.
Strengths
● The current area is a good opportunity for investors interested in buying the stock in a mid or long-term perspective. Indeed, the share is moving closer to its lower bound at EUR 35.66 EUR in weekly data.
● The close medium term support offers good timing for purchasing the stock.
● Historically, the company has been releasing figures that are above expectations.
● The stock, which is currently worth 2019 to 0.51 times its sales, is clearly overvalued in comparison with peers.
● With a P/E ratio at 11.34 for the current year and 10.54 for next year, earnings multiples are highly attractive compared with competitors.
● The company is one of the best yield companies with high dividend expectations.
Weaknesses
● The company sustains low margins.
● Analysts covering the stock have recently lowered their earnings forecast.
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Scor SE is the leading French reinsurance company. Gross written premiums per activity are distributed as follows:
- life and health reinsurance (52.5%);
- non-life reinsurance (47.5%): reinsurance against damages (coverage for damage to industrial and commercial property, vehicles, ships, and stored or transported merchandise, coverage for losses due to fire, and civil liability coverage) and specialties (coverage for risks in the agriculture, aviation, construction and credit guarantee fields).
Geographic distribution of written premiums is as follows: France (15.2%), Europe (46%), the Far East (21.7%), North America (6.5%), South America (2.4%), Africa (0.5%) and other (7.7%).
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