Facts about Fomento Económico Mexicano – Key Insights for Investors

By Blake Campbell • Tuesday, February 27 15:11 • Permanent Link

With gains of 3.0%, Fomento Económico Mexicano was one of the winners on Wall Street today. Its shares are now trading at $122.02 and have logged a 0.0% daily outperformance of the S&P 500. Don't join the feeding frenzy before checking some basic facts about this stock:

Fomento Económico Mexicano has moved 28.8% over the last year, and the S&P 500 logged a change of 27.7%
FMX has an average analyst rating of buy and is -12.76% away from its mean target price of $139.86 per share
Its trailing earnings per share (EPS) is $1.11
Fomento Económico Mexicano has a trailing 12 month Price to Earnings (P/E) ratio of 109.9 while the S&P 500 average is 15.97
Its forward earnings per share (EPS) is $5.32 and its forward P/E ratio is 22.9
The company has a Price to Book (P/B) ratio of 1.15 in contrast to the S&P 500's average ratio of 2.95
Fomento Económico Mexicano is part of the Consumer Staples sector, which has an average P/E ratio of 21.21 and an average P/B of 4.12
FMX has reported YOY quarterly earnings growth of -16.8% and gross profit margins of 0.4%
Fomento Económico Mexicano, S.A.B. de C.V., through its subsidiaries, operates as a bottler of Coca-Cola trademark beverages. The company produces, markets, and distributes Coca-Cola trademark beverages in Mexico, Guatemala, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Panama, Colombia, Venezuela, Brazil, Argentina, and Uruguay.

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