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IRSA Inversiones y Representaciones Sociedad Anónima (IRS)

Real Estate

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Fundamental
4
Sentiment
4
Technical
3

Do Nothing: 20-day average dollar volume $2,694,162.51 is below the $5,000,000 liquidity floor; the chart is constructive (price above SMA50/SMA200, MACD positive) but no limit or stop entry is admissible under the liquidity requirement.

Analysis as of 2026-09-21· more than 2 trading days ago

Company overview

IRSA Inversiones y Representaciones Sociedad Anónima operates a diverse real estate portfolio in Argentina, focusing on retail centers, office buildings, and commercial properties for rental income. The company also engages in residential development, luxury hotel management, and land acquisition for future projects. Founded in 1943, IRSA is based in Buenos Aires and is a subsidiary of Cresud Sociedad Anónima Comercial.

Fundamental

good
Fundamental4
Solid fundamentals

IRSA's strong balance sheet and asset-backed operations are offset by governance concerns and flat real operating trends.

Asset-backed Argentine mall landlord with a fortress balance sheet (net debt near USD 284M, 3.4x interest coverage, covenant-compliant, no going-concern flags) but headline profits inflated by non-cash hyperinflation and FX accounting; recurring rental EBITDA is roughly flat in real terms while tenant sales soften. Cheap on book value and cash flow with a ~10% special-dividend history, but country risk, controlling-shareholder governance and a price above its single analyst target keep conviction moderate.

Sentiment

good
Sentiment4
Positive sentiment

Recent earnings have been received positively, with a consensus Buy rating and a $23 target, though coverage is thin.

Dominant near-term catalyst is the FY2026 annual print (6-K filed 2026-09-03, regulator_confirmed), received bullishly across the scoring window (+0.26 aggregate across six scored items, consensus Buy with a $23 target, zero negative items). Sentiment delta is indeterminate numerically (baseline aggregate unmeasured after a tier-filtered primary pull) but determinate-improving at item level with moderate confidence; Red-Flag Screen clean, no cap applied.

Technical

fair
Technical3
Constructive chart

Price is above key moving averages with positive MACD, but low liquidity prevents tradable action.

Price 15.60 sits above SMA20 (15.26), SMA50 (15.12) and SMA200 (15.44), and above EMA9/EMA21 (15.49/15.30); MACD is positive and above its signal (line 0.16 vs signal 0.11, histogram +0.05) and RSI14 is a neutral-bullish 55.99. But ADX14 at 13.75 shows no real trend — the name has chopped in a roughly 14.85–16.40 range for a month — and 20-day average dollar volume is only ~$2.69M, below the $5.0M liquidity floor. The constructive-looking chart is not tradeable under the strategy's liquidity requirement; no limit or stop entry is admissible, so the action is Do Nothing with the technical read preserved.

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