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Royal Mail plc (LON:RMG) is a stock with outstanding fundamental characteristics. When we build an investment case, we need to look at the stock with a holistic perspective. In the case of RMG, it is a company that has been able to sustain great financial health, trading at an attractive share price. Below is a brief commentary on these key aspects. For those interested in digger a bit deeper into my commentary, take a look at the report on Royal Mail here.
Excellent balance sheet and good value
RMG’s debt-to-equity ratio stands at 14%, which means its debt level is reasonable. This means that RMG’s capital structure strikes a good balance between low-cost debt funding and maintaining financial flexibility without overly restrictive terms of debt. RMG’s has produced operating cash levels of 1.49x total debt over the past year, which implies that RMG’s management has put its borrowings into good use by generating enough cash to cover a sufficient portion of borrowings. RMG is currently trading below its true value, which means the market is undervaluing the company’s expected cash flow going forward. This mispricing gives investors the opportunity to buy into the stock at a cheap price compared to the value they will be receiving, should analysts’ consensus forecast growth be correct. Also, relative to the rest of its peers with similar levels of earnings, RMG’s share price is trading below the group’s average. This bolsters the proposition that RMG’s price is currently discounted.
Next Steps:
For Royal Mail, I’ve compiled three pertinent aspects you should further examine:
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Future Outlook: What are well-informed industry analysts predicting for RMG’s future growth? Take a look at our free research report of analyst consensus for RMG’s outlook.
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Historical Performance: What has RMG’s returns been like over the past? Go into more detail in the past track record analysis and take a look at the free visual representations of our analysis for more clarity.
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Other Attractive Alternatives : Are there other well-rounded stocks you could be holding instead of RMG? Explore our interactive list of stocks with large potential to get an idea of what else is out there you may be missing!
To help readers see past the short term volatility of the financial market, we aim to bring you a long-term focused research analysis purely driven by fundamental data. Note that our analysis does not factor in the latest price-sensitive company announcements.
The author is an independent contributor and at the time of publication had no position in the stocks mentioned. For errors that warrant correction please contact the editor at editorial-team@simplywallst.com.