Loblaw Companies (Germany) Buy Hold or Sell Recommendation

L8G Stock  EUR 120.00  2.00  1.64%   
Assuming the 90 days horizon and your above-average risk tolerance, our recommendation regarding Loblaw Companies Limited is 'Hold'. Macroaxis provides Loblaw Companies buy-hold-or-sell recommendation only in the context of selected investment horizon and investor attitude towards risk assumed by holding L8G positions.
  
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Time Horizon

Risk Tolerance

Execute Advice
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Hold

Market Performance

InsignificantDetails

Volatility

Very steadyDetails

Hype Condition

StaleDetails

Current Valuation

Fairly ValuedDetails

Odds Of Distress

LowDetails

Economic Sensitivity

Slowly supersedes the marketDetails

Analyst Consensus

Not AvailableDetails

Reporting Quality (M-Score)

InapplicableDetails
For the selected time horizon Loblaw Companies Limited has a Risk Adjusted Performance of 0.0548, Jensen Alpha of 0.0037, Total Risk Alpha of (0.14), Sortino Ratio of (0.02) and Treynor Ratio of 0.126
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Loblaw Companies Trading Alerts and Improvement Suggestions

Loblaw Companies has high financial leverage indicating that it may have difficulties to generate enough cash to satisfy its financial obligations
About 55.0% of the company outstanding shares are owned by corporate insiders

Loblaw Companies Returns Distribution Density

The distribution of Loblaw Companies' historical returns is an attempt to chart the uncertainty of Loblaw Companies' future price movements. The chart of the probability distribution of Loblaw Companies daily returns describes the distribution of returns around its average expected value. We use Loblaw Companies Limited price's Value At Risk and its Upside Potential as a relative measure of the distribution. The graph of the distribution of Loblaw Companies returns is essential to provide solid investment advice for Loblaw Companies.
Mean Return
0.09
Value At Risk
-2.54
Potential Upside
1.74
Standard Deviation
1.45
   Return Density   
       Distribution  
Investment risk management requires an estimate of the probability of extreme price changes. Therefore, the correct representation of the distribution of Loblaw Companies 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.

Loblaw Companies 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 Loblaw Companies 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 Loblaw Companies' 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 Loblaw 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
β
Beta against Dow Jones0.67
σ
Overall volatility
1.45
Ir
Information ratio -0.02

Loblaw Companies Volatility Alert

Loblaw Companies Limited currently demonstrates below-average downside deviation. It has Information Ratio of -0.02 and Jensen Alpha of 0.0. Understanding different market volatility trends often help investors to time the market. Properly using volatility indicators enable traders to measure Loblaw Companies' stock risk against market volatility during both bullish and bearish trends. The higher level of volatility that comes with bear markets can directly impact Loblaw Companies' 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.

Loblaw Companies Fundamentals Vs Peers

Comparing Loblaw Companies' 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 Loblaw Companies' direct or indirect competition across all of the common fundamentals between Loblaw Companies and the related equities. This way, we can detect undervalued stocks with similar characteristics as Loblaw Companies or determine the stocks which would be an excellent addition to an existing portfolio. Peer analysis of Loblaw Companies' fundamental indicators could also be used in its relative valuation, which is a method of valuing Loblaw Companies by comparing valuation metrics with those of similar companies.
    
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 Worse Than Average Compare Loblaw Companies to competition
FundamentalsLoblaw CompaniesPeer Average
Return On Equity0.17-0.31
Return On Asset0.0568-0.14
Profit Margin0.03 %(1.27) %
Operating Margin0.06 %(5.51) %
Current Valuation38.95 B16.62 B
Shares Outstanding322.84 M571.82 M
Shares Owned By Insiders54.53 %10.09 %
Shares Owned By Institutions21.12 %39.21 %
Price To Earning42.98 X28.72 X
Price To Book3.59 X9.51 X
Price To Sales0.49 X11.42 X
Revenue56.5 B9.43 B
Gross Profit17.98 B27.38 B
EBITDA6.14 B3.9 B
Net Income1.92 B570.98 M
Cash And Equivalents1.07 B2.7 B
Cash Per Share2.86 X5.01 X
Total Debt7.06 B5.32 B
Debt To Equity146.60 %48.70 %
Current Ratio1.34 X2.16 X
Book Value Per Share34.31 X1.93 K
Cash Flow From Operations4.75 B971.22 M
Earnings Per Share3.99 X3.12 X
Price To Earnings To Growth1.68 X4.89 X
Number Of Employees221 K18.84 K
Beta0.0619-0.15
Market Capitalization25.99 B19.03 B
Total Asset38.15 B29.47 B
Z Score2.88.72
Annual Yield0.01 %
Five Year Return1.46 %
Net Asset38.15 B
Last Dividend Paid1.58

Loblaw Companies Market Momentum

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