These Factors Make Compagnie Financière Richemont SA (VTX:CFR) An Interesting Investment

Compagnie Financière Richemont SA (VTX:CFR) 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 CFR, it is a dependable 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 Compagnie Financière Richemont here.

Adequate balance sheet average dividend payer

CFR’s ability to maintain an adequate level of cash to meet upcoming liabilities is a good sign for its financial health. This indicates that CFR has sufficient cash flows and proper cash management in place, which is a key determinant of the company’s health. CFR appears to have made good use of debt, producing operating cash levels of 0.23x total debt in the prior year. This is a strong indication that debt is reasonably met with cash generated.

SWX:CFR Historical Debt December 18th 18
SWX:CFR Historical Debt December 18th 18

For those seeking income streams from their portfolio, CFR is a robust dividend payer as well. Over the past decade, the company has consistently increased its dividend payout, reaching a yield of 2.9%.

SWX:CFR Historical Dividend Yield December 18th 18
SWX:CFR Historical Dividend Yield December 18th 18

Next Steps:

For Compagnie Financière Richemont, there are three important factors you should look at:

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

  2. Historical Performance: What has CFR’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 CFR? 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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