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Validea Highlights Strong Candidates in Ebara and ZTO Express

Ebara Corp and ZTO Express receive upgrades, signaling strong interest in their stocks. Ebara's fundamentals score improved significantly, indicating potential growth, while ZTO Express shows similar positive indications in its valuation metrics.

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AI Rating:   7
**Earnings and Growth Assessment**: The report highlights that both Ebara Corp (EBCOY) and ZTO Express (ZTO) have shown improvement in their ratings, which are indicative of solid underlying fundamentals and stock valuations. The ratings increased from 71% to 86%, suggesting that both firms are meeting and exceeding expectations in key financial metrics.

**Ebara Corp**: The analysis reveals that Ebara has a strong long-term earnings growth outlook, passing critical tests such as sector viability, sales performance, price-to-earnings (P/E) ratio, and price-to-book (P/B) ratio. However, the company failed to meet the current ratio test, which raises some concerns regarding liquidity management. Strong long-term EPS growth and low P/B ratio indicate positive potential for future earnings expansion and investor interest

**ZTO Express**: Similarly, ZTO Express exhibits robust fundamentals as outlined in the report. Like Ebara, ZTO has also passed the crucial tests for sales, sector, P/E ratio, and P/B ratio, while again failing the current ratio test, suggesting potential liquidity issues. Long-term EPS growth is also promising here, reinforcing investor interest and confidence in future revenue streams.

**Conclusion**: The ratings reflect that both stocks have garnered strong interest from the Value Investor model, indicating potential upside for investors looking for deep value opportunities. The failure in the current ratio test is a point of concern but doesn't overshadow the strong growth prospects highlighted in the long-term EPS growth criteria. Investors may want to consider moderate positions in both stocks while keeping a watchful eye on their liquidity management practices.
Stocks:  EBCOY ZTO