Earlier this week, however, the bank lifted its rating to buy from neutral, saying ESAB is too attractive to ignore.
"In our view, ESAB is a mispriced asset and the discount to peers is likely to narrow with the upcoming [December] Investor Day as a catalyst," El-Sabbahy wrote.
First Solar Analyst Julien Dumoulin-Smith is getting increasingly bullish on shares of the solar company.
ESAB "ESAB is executing better than expected (leverage falling, margin expanding, growth outperforming) and we have a renewed appreciation of its portfolio.
In our view, ESAB is a mispriced asset and the discount to peers is likely to narrow with the upcoming [December] Investor Day as a catalyst."
Persons:
ESAB, Sherif El, Sabbahy, Julien Dumoulin, Smith, BofA, FSLR, Didier Scemama, ASML, Scemama, mgmt, RMD
Organizations:
of America, CNBC
Locations:
Swedish, GLP