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Michael Field
EUR 147.86 For Business Accounts Only

Headwinds Persist for Bureau Veritas, but Share Price Now Offers Attractive Upside Potential

Bureau Veritas' third-quarter revenue update was rather downbeat, with management cutting full-year 2016 revenue growth and margin guidance as the weakness in commodity-exposed sectors continues to affect the business. However, we have already baked this reality into our full-year forecasts to a large degree; thus, we are not making any changes to our EUR 21 fair value estimate or to our narrow moat rating, which is intact despite the short-term concerns.
Key concerns for Bureau Veritas that we ...
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Bureau Veritas SA

Bureau Veritas specializes in inspecting, testing, auditing or certifying products, assets (such as buildings, industrial infrastructure, equipment and ships) and management systems (particularly against ISO standards) based on regulatory or voluntarily adopted standards. Co.'s operations can be divided into eight businesses: ship classification; industry services; inspection and verification of equipment in service; construction services; certification of management systems or services; inspection and testing of consumer products; services related to customs control and international trade services; and inspection and testing of commodities.

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Morningstar
Morningstar

Morningstar, Inc. is a leading provider of independent investment research in North America, Europe, Australia, and Asia. The company offer an extensive line of products and services for individual investors, financial advisors, asset managers, and retirement plan providers and sponsors.

Morningstar provides data on approximately 530,000 investment offerings, including stocks, mutual funds, and similar vehicles, along with real-time global market data on more than 18 million equities, indexes, futures, options, commodities, and precious metals, in addition to foreign exchange and Treasury markets. Morningstar also offers investment management services through its investment advisory subsidiaries and had approximately $185 billion in assets under advisement and management as of June 30, 2016.

We have operations in 27 countries.

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Michael Field

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