Stock in Focus: Pitney Bowes Inc (PBI)

Company Profile:

Pitney Bowes Inc., a technology company, provides commerce solutions in the United States and internationally. The company operates through Global Ecommerce, Presort Services and SendTech Solutions segments. The Global Ecommerce segment provides products and services for domestic retail and e-commerce shipping solutions, including fulfillment and returns, and cross-border e-commerce transactions. The Presort Services segment offers mail sortation services, which allow clients to qualify volumes of first class mail, marketing mail, and bound and packet mail for postal work sharing discounts. The SendTech Solutions segment provides sending technology solutions for physical and digital mailing, shipping, supplies, and other applications for sending, tracking, and receiving of letters and packages. Pitney Bowes Inc. markets its products, solutions, and services direct and inside salesforce, global and regional partner channels, direct mailings, and Web-based offerings. The company was formerly known as Pitney Bowes Postage Meter Company. Pitney Bowes Inc. was founded in 1920 and is headquartered in Stamford, Connecticut.

Recent News:

On November 6, 2020, the company announced that its Board of Directors has declared a quarterly cash dividend on the company’s common stock of $0.05 per share. The dividend will be paid on December 8, 2020, to stockholders of record on November 17, 2020.

For the third quarter 2020, the company reported revenue totaled $892 million, which was growth of 13 percent over prior year. GAAP earnings per share were $0.07 and adjusted earnings per share were $0.08. GAAP cash from operations was $104 million and free cash flow was $85 million.

Fundamental Analysis:

Ninestocks analyzes several different financial aspects: Growth, Profitability, solvency and efficiency.

Growth – Measures the growth of both the company’s income statement and cash flow.

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Profitability – Measures the historical price movement of the stock.

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Solvency – Measures the solvency of the company based on several ratios.

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Efficiency – Measures the strength and historic growth of a company’s return on invested capital.

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Conclusion:

PBI’s strengths can be seen in its better growth, strong profitability and better efficiency compared with its peers. Its revenue has increased over recent years. Technical indicators signal the bullish signs, as there is a bullish crossover in MACD and Stochastic oscillator. The RSI stands at 52.61 with positive bias. We rate Pitney Bowes Inc (PBI) a STRONG BUY.