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You Should Buy Stalexport Autostrady SA. (WSE:STX) Because Of These Reasons

Attractive stocks have exceptional fundamentals. In the case of Stalexport Autostrady SA. (WSE:STX), there’s is a financially-sound company with a a great history of performance, trading at a discount. Below is a brief commentary 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 Stalexport Autostrady here.

Flawless balance sheet and undervalued

STX delivered a satisfying double-digit returns of 21.22% in the most recent year Unsurprisingly, STX surpassed the Infrastructure industry return of 11.20%, which gives us more confidence of the company’s capacity to drive earnings going forward. STX’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 STX manages its cash and cost levels well, which is a crucial insight into the health of the company. STX seems to have put its debt to good use, generating operating cash levels of 2.03x 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.

WSE:STX Income Statement Jun 19th 18
WSE:STX Income Statement Jun 19th 18

STX is currently trading below its true value, which means the market is undervaluing the company’s expected cash flow going forward. According to my intrinsic value of the stock, which is driven by analyst consensus forecast of STX’s earnings, investors now have the opportunity to buy into the stock to reap capital gains. Compared to the rest of the infrastructure industry, STX is also trading below its peers, relative to earnings generated. This supports the theory that STX is potentially underpriced.

WSE:STX PE PEG Gauge Jun 19th 18
WSE:STX PE PEG Gauge Jun 19th 18

Next Steps:

For Stalexport Autostrady, I’ve compiled three important aspects you should further examine:

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  1. Future Outlook: What are well-informed industry analysts predicting for STX’s future growth? Take a look at our free research report of analyst consensus for STX’s outlook.

  2. Dividend Income vs Capital Gains: Does STX 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 STX as an investment.

  3. Other Attractive Alternatives : Are there other well-rounded stocks you could be holding instead of STX? 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 pass 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.