East West Banking Corporation (EW) was registered with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 22, 1993. The Company was granted authority by the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) to operate as a commercial bank in 1994 and commenced operations on July 8 of the same year.
EW's principal banking products and services include deposit-taking, loan and trade finance, treasury, trust services, credit cards, cash management and custodial services. The Company offers the financial services to consumer and corporate clients. On January 25, 2012, EW obtained from BSP the approval to operate as a universal bank.
On May 6, 2016, EastWest and Standard Chartered Bank Philippines (SCB PH) entered into an agreement for SCB PH’s retail business. Under the agreement, the credit cards, personal loans, wealth management and deposits of SCB in the Philippines will be migrated to EastWest.
The Company's wholly-owned subsidiaries are East West Rural Bank, Inc.; East West Insurance Brokerage, Inc.; Quest Marketing and Integrated Services, Inc.; East West Leasing and Finance Corporation, and Assurance Solutions Insurance Agency. EW also owns 50% of East West Ageas Life Insurance Corporation, a life insurance firm formed with Ageas Insurance International N.V.
As of December 31, 2018, EW has a network of 390 branches and 583 automated teller machines, majority of which are located within Metro Manila.
As of July 15, 2020, EW was last traded at 7.37php per share. What valuation can we get from their March 2020 quarterly report?
Trailing P/E: 7.37/2.77= 2.6 Indicating that for every 1php income last 2019, investors are willing to pay or is paying 2.6php only. It is said that an overvalued company would be the one trading at a rate that’s 50 times earnings, or this could be a gauge on how optimistic are investors on this company. A lower P/E may imply low in optimism perhaps due to lower expectation on future earning, or news i.e pandemic that greatly impact investor optimism.
For a growth rate of 38.5% change in EPS from 2018 to 2019, the PEG ratio would be 2.6/38.5=0.06 meaning, investors are paying 2.6php relative to the growth rate of 38.5% from 2018 to 2019. A PEG ratio of less than 1 is usually considered undervalued.
Price to Book Value per share (P/B) = 7.37/22.74= 0.3, meaning, the current market price per share is 67.5% lower compare to the real worth of the company as based on their March 2020 financial report. A P/B of less than 3 is potentially undervalued
In spite of pandemic, their first 3 months net income increase by 74.7%.
Fundamentally, based on the parameters above, this share seems to be a good buy to accumulate. Once the pandemic is over, this share will eventually catch up to its real worth.
However technically, the MACD histogram seems to indicate a sideway momentum. If you are into longterm investing, I suggest you accumulate this share.
Disclaimer: Trade or invest at your own risk.
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