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Why Fleetwood Corporation Limited (ASX:FWD) Could Have A Place In Your Portfolio

Attractive stocks have exceptional fundamentals. In the case of Fleetwood Corporation Limited (ASX:FWD), there’s is a company with strong financial health as well as a buoyant growth outlook. In the following section, I expand a bit more on these key aspects. For those interested in understanding where the figures come from and want to see the analysis, read the full report on Fleetwood here.

Flawless balance sheet with reasonable growth potential

FWD is financially robust, with ample cash on hand and short-term investments to meet upcoming liabilities. This suggests prudent control over cash and cost by management, which is an important determinant of the company’s health. FWD’s has produced operating cash levels of 3x total debt over the past year, which implies that FWD’s management has put its borrowings into good use by generating enough cash to cover a sufficient portion of borrowings.

ASX:FWD Future Profit September 21st 18
ASX:FWD Future Profit September 21st 18

Next Steps:

For Fleetwood, I’ve put together three important factors you should further examine:

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  1. Historical Performance: What has FWD’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.

  2. Valuation: What is FWD worth today? Is the stock undervalued, even when its growth outlook is factored into its intrinsic value? The intrinsic value infographic in our free research report helps visualize whether FWD is currently mispriced by the market.

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