The timing appears opportune to go long in shares of Summit Materials, Inc. as we anticipate another pick-up in the underlying trend.
Summary
● The company has strong fundamentals. More than 70% of companies have a lower mix of growth, profitability, debt and visibility.
● Overall, and from a short-term perspective, the company presents an interesting fundamental situation.
Strengths
● Growth progress expectations are rather promising. Indeed, sales are expected to rise sharply in the coming years.
● Before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization, the company's margins are particularly high.
● Over the past year, analysts have regularly revised upwards their sales forecast for the company.
● Over the last 4 months, analysts have significantly revised upwards the company's estimated sales.
● For the last twelve months, analysts have been gradually revising upwards their EPS forecast for the upcoming fiscal year.
● For several months, analysts have been revising their EPS estimates roughly upwards.
● Analysts covering this company mostly recommend stock overweighting or purchase.
● The difference between current prices and the average target price is rather important and implies a significant appreciation potential for the stock.
● The average price target of analysts who are interested in the stock has been strongly revised upwards over the last four months.
● Considering the small differences between the analysts' various estimates, the group's business visibility is good.
● The group usually releases upbeat results with huge surprise rates.
Weaknesses
● The company is in debt and has limited leeway for investment
● The company is highly valued given the cash flows generated by its activity.
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Summit Materials, Inc. is a producer of aggregates and cement with vertically integrated operations that supply ready-mix concrete and asphalt in select markets. The Companyâs West segment consists of its West and South regions, and includes operations in Texas, Utah, Arizona, Colorado, Idaho, Wyoming, Oklahoma, Arkansas and British Columbia, Canada. The West segment supplies aggregates, ready-mix concrete, asphalt paving mix and paving and related services. Its East segment consists of its East and Central regions and serves markets extending across the Midwestern and Eastern United States, notably in Kansas, Missouri, Virginia, Florida, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, and Nebraska where it supplies aggregates, ready-mix concrete, asphalt paving mix and paving and related services. Its Cement segment consists of its Hannibal, Missouri and Davenport, Iowa cement plants and nine distribution terminals along the Mississippi River from Minnesota to Louisiana.