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These Fundamentals Make Technical Publications Service S.p.A. (BIT:TPS) Truly Worth Looking At

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Technical Publications Service S.p.A. (BIT:TPS) is a company with exceptional fundamental characteristics. Upon building up an investment case for a stock, we should look at various aspects. In the case of TPS, it is a financially-robust company with an optimistic future outlook, not yet priced into the stock. Below is a brief commentary on these key aspects. For those interested in digging a bit deeper into my commentary, take a look at the report on Technical Publications Service here.

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Undervalued with excellent balance sheet

Investors in search for stocks with room to flourish should look no further than TPS, with its expected earnings growth of 20%. The optimistic bottom-line growth is supported by an outstanding revenue growth of 58% over the same time period, which indicates that earnings is driven by top-line activity rather than purely unsustainable cost-reduction initiatives. TPS's shares are now trading at a price below its true value based on its discounted cash flows, indicating a relatively pessimistic market sentiment. Investors have the opportunity to buy into the stock to reap capital gains, if TPS's projected earnings trajectory does follow analyst consensus growth, which determines my intrinsic value of the company. Also, relative to the rest of its peers with similar levels of earnings, TPS's share price is trading below the group's average. This supports the theory that TPS is potentially underpriced.

BIT:TPS Past and Future Earnings, September 9th 2019
BIT:TPS Past and Future Earnings, September 9th 2019

TPS is financially robust, with ample cash on hand and short-term investments to meet upcoming liabilities. This implies that TPS manages its cash and cost levels well, which is a crucial insight into the health of the company. TPS's has produced operating cash levels of 2.46x total debt over the past year, which implies that TPS's management has put its borrowings into good use by generating enough cash to cover a sufficient portion of borrowings.

BIT:TPS Historical Debt, September 9th 2019
BIT:TPS Historical Debt, September 9th 2019

Next Steps:

For Technical Publications Service, I've compiled three relevant factors you should further research:

  1. Historical Performance: What has TPS'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.
  2. Dividend Income vs Capital Gains: Does TPS return gains to shareholders through reinvesting in itself and growing earnings, or redistribute a decent portion of earnings as dividends? Our historical dividend yield visualization quickly tells you what your can expect from TPS as an investment.
  3. Other Attractive Alternatives : Are there other well-rounded stocks you could be holding instead of TPS? Explore our interactive list of stocks with large potential to get an idea of what else is out there you may be missing!

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