Summary

● The company has strong fundamentals. More than 70% of listed companies have a lower mix of growth, profitability, debt and visibility criteria.


Strengths

● Margins returned by the company are among the highest on the stock exchange list. Its core activity clears big profits.

● Thanks to a sound financial situation, the firm has significant leeway for investment.

● 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.

● Within the weekly time frame the stock shows a bullish technical configuration above the support level at 450 CHF


Weaknesses

● The share is close to its long-term resistance in weekly data. Therefore, the potential should be limited. However, a further bullish movement when crossing this resistance will be a positive signal.

● The company's "enterprise value to sales" ratio is among the highest in the world.

● The firm trades with high earnings multiples: 29.74 times its 2016 earnings per share.

● Most analysts agree on a negative opinion with regard to the stock. Indeed, the average consensus issues recommendations to underperform or sell.