Ratings Light SA

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LIGT3

BRLIGTACNOR2

Market Closed - Sao Paulo Other stock markets 04:07:00 2024-04-26 pm EDT			5-day change	1st Jan Change
5.01 ^BRL	-0.60%		-1.76%	-37.38%

Mar. 26	Transcript : Light S.A., Q4 2023 Earnings Call, Mar 26, 2024
Mar. 25	Light S.A. Reports Earnings Results for the Full Year Ended December 31, 2023	CI

Summary

On the basis of various fundamental qualitative criteria, the company appears to be particularly poorly ranked from a medium and long-term investment perspective.
From a short-term investment perspective, the company presents a deteriorated fundamental situation

Strengths

Its low valuation, with P/E ratio at 10.44 and 5.87 for the ongoing fiscal year and 2025 respectively, makes the stock pretty attractive with regard to earnings multiples.
With regards to fundamentals, the enterprise value to sales ratio is at 0.92 for the current period. Therefore, the company is undervalued.
The company's share price in relation to its net book value makes it look relatively cheap.
The group usually releases upbeat results with huge surprise rates.

Weaknesses

As estimated by analysts, this group is among those businesses with the lowest growth prospects.
The company's earnings growth outlook lacks momentum and is a weakness.
As a percentage of sales and without taking into account depreciation and amortization, the company has relatively low margins.
Low profitability weakens the company.
The company is in a hindered financial situation with significant debt and rather low EBITDA levels.
For the last twelve months, the trend in sales revisions has been clearly going down, which emphasizes downgraded expectations from the analysts.
For the past year, analysts have significantly revised downwards their profit estimates.
For the last twelve months, the analysts covering the company have given a bearish overview of EPS estimates, resulting in frequent downward revisions.
Most analysts agree on a negative opinion with regard to the stock. Indeed, the average consensus issues recommendations to underperform or sell.
The three month average target prices set by analysts do not offer high potential in comparison with the current prices.
Over the past four months, analysts' average price target has been revised downwards significantly.
The average consensus view of analysts covering the stock has deteriorated over the past four months.
Over the past twelve months, analysts' opinions have been revised negatively.

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Sector: Electric Utilities

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