Ratings Macfarlane Group PLC

Equities

MACF

GB0005518872

Market Closed - London S.E. Other stock markets 11:35:22 2024-04-26 am EDT			5-day change	1st Jan Change
143 ^GBX	-1.04%		-0.35%	+22.22%

Mar. 13	EARNINGS AND TRADING: PensionBee nears profit; OptiBiotix Indian deal	AN
Mar. 13	Macfarlane Unit to Purchase Allpack Packaging Supplies for GBP3 Million	MT

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

With regards to fundamentals, the enterprise value to sales ratio is at 0.91 for the current period. Therefore, the company is undervalued.
For the last 4 months, the company has been enjoying highly positive EPS revisions, which were frequently and significantly raised.
Analysts have a positive opinion on this stock. Average consensus recommends overweighting or purchasing the stock.
Over the past twelve months, analysts' opinions have been strongly revised upwards.
Predictions on business development from analysts polled by Standard & Poor's are tight. This results from either a good visibility into core activities or accurate earnings releases.
The divergence of price targets given by the various analysts who make up the consensus is relatively low, suggesting a consensus method of evaluating the company and its prospects.

Weaknesses

According to forecast, a sluggish sales growth is expected for the next fiscal years.
The potential for earnings per share (EPS) growth in the coming years appears limited according to current analyst estimates.
For the last twelve months, sales expectations have been significantly downgraded, which means that less important sales volumes are expected for the current fiscal year over the previous period.
For the last four months, the sales outlook for the coming years has been revised downwards. No recovery of the group's activities is yet foreseen.

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