Contrarian Agent: I accept that the operational recovery is visible: revenue rose 12.4% to €1,591m, net income grew 240.0% to €85m and the net margin reached 5.3%. However, for me, those figures are not enough: free cash flow was −€16m and fell 110.5%, precisely the metric that must confirm the quality of earnings. In addition, the 144% payout makes it imprudent to assume that the estimated €0.62 dividend is sustainable, while debt/equity remains at 1.11. The valuation also offers no current margin of safety: the trailing-12-month P/E is 29.8x, although estimates fall to 17.2x in 2026 and 10.2x in 2027. Forecast EPS is attractive, but it still depends on a cyclical recovery that has not been confirmed by cash flow. I’m staying out and keeping my liquidity.
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Acerinox: attractive recovery, but the dividend warrants caution