A Spotlight On Orion Oyj's (HEL:ORNBV) Fundamentals

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Building up an investment case requires looking at a stock holistically. Today I've chosen to put the spotlight on Orion Oyj (HEL:ORNBV) due to its excellent fundamentals in more than one area. ORNBV is a notable dividend-paying company that has been able to sustain great financial health over the past. In the following section, I expand a bit more on these key aspects. For those interested in digger a bit deeper into my commentary, read the full report on Orion Oyj here.

Flawless balance sheet average dividend payer

ORNBV's ability to maintain an adequate level of cash to meet upcoming liabilities is a good sign for its financial health. This suggests prudent control over cash and cost by management, which is a crucial insight into the health of the company. ORNBV's has produced operating cash levels of 1.52x total debt over the past year, which implies that ORNBV's management has put its borrowings into good use by generating enough cash to cover a sufficient portion of borrowings.

HLSE:ORNBV Historical Debt, April 22nd 2019
HLSE:ORNBV Historical Debt, April 22nd 2019

Income investors would also be happy to know that ORNBV is one of the highest dividend payers in the market, with current dividend yield standing at 4.9%. ORNBV has also been regularly increasing its dividend payments to shareholders over the past decade.

HLSE:ORNBV Historical Dividend Yield, April 22nd 2019
HLSE:ORNBV Historical Dividend Yield, April 22nd 2019

Next Steps:

For Orion Oyj, I've put together three fundamental factors you should further examine:

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

  2. Historical Performance: What has ORNBV's returns been like over the past? Go into more detail in the past track record analysis and take a look at the free visual representations of our analysis for more clarity.

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