Carrefour (Germany) Buy Hold or Sell Recommendation

CAR Stock  EUR 13.49  0.08  0.60%   
Assuming the 90 days horizon and your above-average risk tolerance, our recommendation regarding Carrefour SA is 'Strong Sell'. Macroaxis provides Carrefour buy-hold-or-sell recommendation only in the context of selected investment horizon and investor attitude towards risk assumed by holding CAR positions.
  
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Time Horizon

Risk Tolerance

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Strong Sell

Market Performance

Very WeakDetails

Volatility

Not too volatileDetails

Hype Condition

StaleDetails

Current Valuation

OvervaluedDetails

Odds Of Distress

Below AverageDetails

Economic Sensitivity

Almost neglects market trendsDetails

Analyst Consensus

Not AvailableDetails

Reporting Quality (M-Score)

InapplicableDetails
For the selected time horizon Carrefour SA has a Mean Deviation of 1.2, Standard Deviation of 1.75 and Variance of 3.05
Our trade advice tool can cross-verify current analyst consensus on Carrefour SA and to analyze the company potential to grow in the current economic cycle. To make sure Carrefour is not overpriced, please confirm all Carrefour SA fundamentals, including its gross profit, cash per share, and the relationship between the price to sales and net income .

Carrefour Trading Alerts and Improvement Suggestions

Carrefour SA generated a negative expected return over the last 90 days
Carrefour SA has high financial leverage indicating that it may have difficulties to generate enough cash to satisfy its financial obligations
Carrefour SA has accumulated 5.49 B in total debt with debt to equity ratio (D/E) of 172.6, indicating the company may have difficulties to generate enough cash to satisfy its financial obligations. Carrefour SA has a current ratio of 0.77, indicating that it has a negative working capital and may not be able to pay financial obligations in time and when they become due. Debt can assist Carrefour until it has trouble settling it off, either with new capital or with free cash flow. So, Carrefour's shareholders could walk away with nothing if the company can't fulfill its legal obligations to repay debt. However, a more frequent occurrence is when companies like Carrefour SA sell additional shares at bargain prices, diluting existing shareholders. Debt, in this case, can be an excellent and much better tool for Carrefour to invest in growth at high rates of return. When we think about Carrefour's use of debt, we should always consider it together with cash and equity.
About 23.0% of Carrefour shares are held by company insiders

Carrefour Returns Distribution Density

The distribution of Carrefour's historical returns is an attempt to chart the uncertainty of Carrefour's future price movements. The chart of the probability distribution of Carrefour daily returns describes the distribution of returns around its average expected value. We use Carrefour SA price's Value At Risk and its Upside Potential as a relative measure of the distribution. The graph of the distribution of Carrefour returns is essential to provide solid investment advice for Carrefour.
Mean Return
-0.2
Value At Risk
-2.65
Potential Upside
2.04
Standard Deviation
1.75
   Return Density   
       Distribution  
Investment risk management requires an estimate of the probability of extreme price changes. Therefore, the correct representation of the distribution of Carrefour historical returns presented in an easy-to-digest graphical form helps investors and money managers understand the risk-reward trade-off of different investement strategies.

Carrefour Greeks

Most traded equities are subject to two types of risk - systematic (i.e., market) and unsystematic (i.e., nonmarket or company-specific) risk. Unsystematic risk is the risk that events specific to Carrefour or Consumer Defensive sector will adversely affect the stock's price. This type of risk can be diversified away by owning several different stocks in different industries whose stock prices have shown a small correlation to each other. On the other hand, systematic risk is the risk that Carrefour's price will be affected by overall stock market movements and cannot be diversified away. So, no matter how many positions you have, you cannot eliminate market risk. However, you can measure a Carrefour stock's historical response to market movements and buy it if you are comfortable with its volatility direction. Beta and standard deviation are two commonly used measures to help you make the right decision.
α
Alpha over Dow Jones
-0.19
β
Beta against Dow Jones-0.38
σ
Overall volatility
1.75
Ir
Information ratio -0.14

Carrefour Volatility Alert

Carrefour SA exhibits very low volatility with skewness of 0.86 and kurtosis of 4.96. Understanding different market volatility trends often help investors to time the market. Properly using volatility indicators enable traders to measure Carrefour's stock risk against market volatility during both bullish and bearish trends. The higher level of volatility that comes with bear markets can directly impact Carrefour's stock price while adding stress to investors as they watch their shares' value plummet. This usually forces investors to rebalance their portfolios by buying different financial instruments as prices fall.

Carrefour Fundamentals Vs Peers

Comparing Carrefour's fundamentals to the average values of its peers is one of the most widely used and accepted methods of equity analyses. It helps to analyze Carrefour's direct or indirect competition across all of the common fundamentals between Carrefour and the related equities. This way, we can detect undervalued stocks with similar characteristics as Carrefour or determine the stocks which would be an excellent addition to an existing portfolio. Peer analysis of Carrefour's fundamental indicators could also be used in its relative valuation, which is a method of valuing Carrefour by comparing valuation metrics with those of similar companies.
    
 Better Than Average     
    
 Worse Than Average Compare Carrefour to competition
FundamentalsCarrefourPeer Average
Return On Equity0.13-0.31
Return On Asset0.0284-0.14
Profit Margin0.02 %(1.27) %
Operating Margin0.03 %(5.51) %
Current Valuation24.09 B16.62 B
Shares Outstanding730.61 M571.82 M
Shares Owned By Insiders23.13 %10.09 %
Shares Owned By Institutions38.40 %39.21 %
Price To Earning1.68 X28.72 X
Price To Book1.20 X9.51 X
Price To Sales0.15 X11.42 X
Revenue74.29 B9.43 B
Gross Profit15.35 B27.38 B
EBITDA4.2 B3.9 B
Net Income1.07 B570.98 M
Cash And Equivalents1.68 B2.7 B
Cash Per Share2.14 X5.01 X
Total Debt5.49 B5.32 B
Debt To Equity172.60 %48.70 %
Current Ratio0.79 X2.16 X
Book Value Per Share15.25 X1.93 K
Cash Flow From Operations3.66 B971.22 M
Earnings Per Share1.32 X3.12 X
Price To Earnings To Growth1.29 X4.89 X
Number Of Employees346.67 K18.84 K
Beta0.57-0.15
Market Capitalization13.15 B19.03 B
Total Asset47.67 B29.47 B
Working Capital(4.64 B)1.48 B
Current Asset16.79 B9.34 B
Current Liabilities21.43 B7.9 B
Z Score2.28.72
Annual Yield0.03 %

Carrefour Market Momentum

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