Does The Data Make GWA Group Limited (ASX:GWA) An Attractive Investment?

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GWA Group Limited (ASX:GWA) 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 GWA, it is a company with great financial health as well as a a great track record of performance. In the following section, I expand a bit more on these key aspects. If you’re interested in understanding beyond my broad commentary, read the full report on GWA Group here.

Flawless balance sheet with proven track record

Over the past few years, GWA has demonstrated a proven ability to generate robust returns of 12% Unsurprisingly, GWA surpassed the industry return of 7.7%, which gives us more confidence of the company’s capacity to drive earnings going forward. GWA’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 suggests prudent control over cash and cost by management, which is an important determinant of the company’s health. GWA’s has produced operating cash levels of 1.78x total debt over the past year, which implies that GWA’s management has put its borrowings into good use by generating enough cash to cover a sufficient portion of borrowings.

ASX:GWA Income Statement Export February 19th 19
ASX:GWA Income Statement Export February 19th 19

Next Steps:

For GWA Group, I’ve compiled three relevant aspects you should further research:

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

  2. Valuation: What is GWA 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 GWA is currently mispriced by the market.

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