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A Spotlight On Comet Holding AG's (VTX:COTN) Fundamentals

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Comet Holding AG (VTX:COTN) 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 COTN, it is a company with impressive financial health as well as a buoyant growth outlook. Below, I've touched on some key aspects you should know on a high level. If you're interested in understanding beyond my broad commentary, read the full report on Comet Holding here.

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Excellent balance sheet with reasonable growth potential

COTN is an attractive stock for growth-seeking investors, with an expected earnings growth of 35% in the upcoming year, supported by its outstanding capacity to churn out cash from operating activities, which is predicted to more than double over the next year. This indicates that earnings is driven by top-line activity rather than purely unsustainable cost-reduction initiatives. COTN'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 COTN manages its cash and cost levels well, which is an important determinant of the company’s health. COTN seems to have put its debt to good use, generating operating cash levels of 0.33x 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.

SWX:COTN Past and Future Earnings, March 23rd 2019
SWX:COTN Past and Future Earnings, March 23rd 2019

Next Steps:

For Comet Holding, there are three pertinent aspects you should further examine:

  1. Historical Performance: What has COTN'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. Valuation: What is COTN 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 COTN is currently mispriced by the market.
  3. Other Attractive Alternatives : Are there other well-rounded stocks you could be holding instead of COTN? 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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