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Treasury Wine Estates Limited (ASX:TWE) Has Attractive Fundamentals

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Treasury Wine Estates Limited (ASX:TWE) 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 TWE, it is a company with great financial health as well as a a strong history of performance. Below is a brief commentary on these key aspects. For those interested in digging a bit deeper into my commentary, read the full report on Treasury Wine Estates here.

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Excellent balance sheet with proven track record

Over the past few years, TWE has demonstrated a proven ability to generate robust returns of 7.9% Unsurprisingly, TWE surpassed the industry return of 5.9%, which gives us more confidence of the company's capacity to drive earnings going forward. TWE's strong financial health means that all of its upcoming liability payments are able to be met by its current cash and short-term investment holdings. This implies that TWE manages its cash and cost levels well, which is a crucial insight into the health of the company. TWE seems to have put its debt to good use, generating operating cash levels of 0.36x total debt in the most recent year. This is also a good indication as to whether debt is properly covered by the company’s cash flows.

ASX:TWE Income Statement, September 6th 2019
ASX:TWE Income Statement, September 6th 2019

Next Steps:

For Treasury Wine Estates, there are three fundamental factors you should further examine:

  1. Future Outlook: What are well-informed industry analysts predicting for TWE’s future growth? Take a look at our free research report of analyst consensus for TWE’s outlook.
  2. Valuation: What is TWE worth today? Is the stock undervalued, even when its growth outlook is factored into its intrinsic value? The intrinsic value infographic in our free research report helps visualize whether TWE is currently mispriced by the market.
  3. Other Attractive Alternatives : Are there other well-rounded stocks you could be holding instead of TWE? 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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