Mensajepor El Castigador » Mar Mar 12, 2019 12:10 am
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Bancos Locales
*Cutting GGAL and SUPV to Underperform; BMA at Buy*
We are downgrading Galicia and Supervielle to Underperform (from Neutral), but reiterating our Buy rating on Banco Macro. We are making some changes to our earnings estimates and POs to reflect the recent macro conditions. At our new POs (see Table 2), Banco Macro offers potential upside of 30% vs. -16% for Galicia and -19% for Supervielle.
Stocks have rebounded from their lows
Bank stocks have risen on average 70% (in USD terms) from their lows at the end of August, outperforming the Merval's 36% increase; although they are still c.60% below their peaks at the beginning of 2018. The recent sharp share price appreciation has been driven by: i) a normalization of macroeconomic conditions following an extensive support package from the IMF, ii) ensuing improvement in the country risk to 660bp from 835bp, and iii) positive impact to bank earnings from a high rate environment.
2019 should be a transition year
We expect 2019 to be a transition year in terms of economic recovery, given uncertainties related to presidential election at the end of the year, stubbornly high inflation levels, and potential peso depreciation, which should limit bank earnings growth. Furthermore, banks' NIMs could be pressured from 2H19 onwards, as Market rates should continue to trend lower.
BMA's real profitability is well above that of its peers…
According to our estimates, all three banks are delivering real ROEs below their COE (Please refer to Exhibit 2). Our analysis suggests Banco Macro's real 2019 ROE at 14% (vs c.30% under Argentina GAAP), Galicia's at 9% (vs 25%), and Supervielle at 4% (vs 20%).
… but it is not reflected on valuation
Despite boasting superior profitability to its peers, Banco Macro is trading at a discount to Galicia and only modestly above Supervielle. Indeed, we estimate that BMA is trading at 1.9x 2019 P/B vs 2.6x for GGAL and 1.7x for SUPV.
4Q preview: loans decelerating; NI boosted by securities
The Argentine banks should report 4Q18 results in the first half of March. In general, we expect the sector to post solid NI growth on a YoY basis, as high income from securities (given a high rate environment in 4Q18) should more than offset decelerating loan growth, weakening asset quality trends, and higher operating expenses (due to high inflation).
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