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    These Fundamentals Make Anglo African Oil & Gas plc (LON:AAOG) Truly Worth Looking At

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    Anglo African Oil & Gas plc (LON:AAOG) 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 AAOG, it is a company with impressive financial health as well as a buoyant future outlook. In the following section, I expand a bit more on these key aspects. For those interested in understanding where the figures come from and want to see the analysis, take a look at the report on Anglo African Oil & Gas here.

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    Exceptional growth potential with adequate balance sheet

    AAOG is an attractive stock for growth-seeking investors, with an expected earnings growth of 82% in the upcoming year. The optimistic bottom-line growth is supported by a similarly outstanding revenue growth over the same time period, which indicates that earnings is driven by top-line activity rather than purely unsustainable cost-reduction initiatives. AAOG's ability to maintain an adequate level of cash to meet upcoming liabilities is a good sign for its financial health. This implies that AAOG manages its cash and cost levels well, which is a crucial insight into the health of the company. Investors should not worry about AAOG’s debt levels because the company has none! This implies that the company is running its operations purely on off equity funding. which is typically normal for a small-cap company. AAOG has plenty of financial flexibility, without debt obligations to meet in the short term, as well as the headroom to raise debt should it need to in the future.

    AIM:AAOG Future Profit January 17th 19
    AIM:AAOG Future Profit January 17th 19

    Next Steps:

    For Anglo African Oil & Gas, I've put together three important aspects you should further research:

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