UBS Reaffirms Their Buy Rating on ALS (CPBLF)
UBS analyst Nathan Reilly maintained a Buy rating on ALS (CPBLF – Research Report) today and set a price target of A$18.70. The company's shares closed last Thursday at $9.53.
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According to TipRanks, Reilly is ranked #1423 out of 9371 analysts.
ALS has an analyst consensus of Strong Buy, with a price target consensus of $11.01.
CPBLF market cap is currently $4.87B and has a P/E ratio of 929.09.
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