Why Bertrandt Aktiengesellschaft (FRA:BDT) Could Be Your Next Investment

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I’ve been keeping an eye on Bertrandt Aktiengesellschaft (FRA:BDT) because I’m attracted to its fundamentals. Looking at the company as a whole, as a potential stock investment, I believe BDT has a lot to offer. Basically, it is a financially-healthy company with a a great track record superior dividend payments, trading at a discount. Below is a brief commentary on these key aspects. For those interested in understanding where the figures come from and want to see the analysis, take a look at the report on Bertrandt here.

Good value with adequate balance sheet and pays a dividend

BDT’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 implies that BDT manages its cash and cost levels well, which is a key determinant of the company’s health. BDT appears to have made good use of debt, producing operating cash levels of 0.28x total debt in the prior year. This is a strong indication that debt is reasonably met with cash generated. BDT is currently trading at a price-to-equity ratio of 14.41x relative to the industry ratio of 17.25x and market ratio of 17.75x, so potential investors can purchase the stock below its value.

DB:BDT PE PEG Gauge October 25th 18
DB:BDT PE PEG Gauge October 25th 18

Income investors would also be happy to know that BDT is a great dividend company, with a current yield standing at 3.6%. BDT has also been regularly increasing its dividend payments to shareholders over the past decade.

DB:BDT Historical Dividend Yield October 25th 18
DB:BDT Historical Dividend Yield October 25th 18

Next Steps:

For Bertrandt, there are three relevant factors you should look at:

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

  2. Historical Performance: What has BDT’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 BDT? 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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