Provides safety solutions focusing on fire protection and HVAC systems. Offers specialty services including maintenance and repair of underground utilities. Now — the numbers.
That much dependence is a risk in itself: if this one line weakens, the whole company feels it directly.
This is an established company with proven profits.
Average growth of 19% a year over the last 4 years. Every year shown ended in profit.
The gap is $2.2B. In times of high interest rates, a gap like that can squeeze a company.
The market pays 54.2× for every dollar this company earns in a year — a price that already assumes things go well.
Against companies in its own sector, it looks cheaper than 40% of them.
Analysts' average target sits 38% above today's price.
Executive selling isn’t always bad news; people sell for personal reasons too. Still, the thin buying side is worth noting.
The stock trades 23% below its peak. The market has trimmed its expectations for the company.
Over the last 4 years, sales grew about 19% a year on average.
It met or beat analyst expectations in 7 of the last 8 quarters — consistency is a promise kept.
The company’s market value is 54 times its annual profit. Even a small disappointment could hit the price hard.
The balance sheet offers little cushion against a rough stretch. Report-card grade: 38/100.
Today’s price already includes part of tomorrow’s optimism. Report-card grade: 40/100.
On our five-subject report card, APG sits in the middle of the class: some subjects shine, others don’t. The grade moves as the numbers move.
The takeaway: APG is an established business that has proven its profits for years. The real debate isn’t the quality of the business — it’s whether the price paid for the stock is too high.
The total grade weighs these five subjects against the sector — it isn’t a simple average of the five.
Analysts’ average target sits above today’s price, yet the valuation grade (40/100) says the stock isn’t cheap.