How L’Air Liquide S.A. (EPA:AI) Could Add Value To Your Portfolio

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I’ve been keeping an eye on L’Air Liquide S.A. (EPA:AI) because I’m attracted to its fundamentals. Looking at the company as a whole, as a potential stock investment, I believe AI has a lot to offer. Basically, it is a highly-regarded dividend-paying company with a an impressive history of delivering benchmark-beating performance. Below, I’ve touched on some key aspects you should know on a high level. If you’re interested in understanding beyond my high-level commentary, read the full report on L’Air Liquide S.A here.

Established dividend payer with proven track record

Over the past year, AI has grown its earnings by 17%, with its most recent figure exceeding its annual average over the past five years. Not only did AI outperformed its past performance, its growth also surpassed the Chemicals industry expansion, which generated a 4.3% earnings growth. This paints a buoyant picture for the company.

ENXTPA:AI Income Statement Export December 21st 18
ENXTPA:AI Income Statement Export December 21st 18

AI is also a dividend company, with ample net income to cover its dividend payout, which has been consistently growing over the past decade, keeping income investors happy.

ENXTPA:AI Historical Dividend Yield December 21st 18
ENXTPA:AI Historical Dividend Yield December 21st 18

Next Steps:

For L’Air Liquide S.A, I’ve compiled three pertinent aspects you should look at:

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

  2. Financial Health: Are AI’s operations financially sustainable? Balance sheets can be hard to analyze, which is why we’ve done it for you. Check out our financial health checks here.

  3. Other Attractive Alternatives : Are there other well-rounded stocks you could be holding instead of AI? 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 past 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. For errors that warrant correction please contact the editor at editorial-team@simplywallst.com.

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