United Overseas Bank (U11.SI)
Financials · SGX · Singapore
Fundamentals
Valuation and ratings
United Overseas Bank trades at S$42.50, which is 31% above the S$29.36 our discounted cash flow model puts on the business. On that measure it screens as expensive, which is not the same as saying it will fall.
Our moat model scores it 44 out of 100, which is little in the way of a moat. A moat is a structural reason competitors cannot take the profits away, and it matters more to a long holding period than any single quarter's numbers do.
It changes hands at 16.1 times earnings. Be careful reading that in isolation: for a cyclical business a low P/E arrives at the top of the cycle, when profits are peaking and about to fall, which is exactly when the shares look cheapest and are not.
About United Overseas Bank
United Overseas Bank Limited, together with its subsidiaries, provides banking products and services worldwide. It operates through three segments: Group Retail, Group Wholesale Banking, and Global Markets. The company offers deposit products; loan products, including overdraft, cash credit, short term, and long-term loans; and buyers credit, structured trade finance, ECBs, SGD bonds, loan syndication, and M and A services. It provides forex, documentary collection, credit, export and import finance services. In addition, the company offers inward and outward remittances, FX spot and forward, current account, and time deposit services; letter of credit advising and negotiation/discounting services; and import and export services comprising of inward and outward bill collection services, bank guarantee, as well as standby letter of credit. Further, it provides interest rate, credit, commodities, equities, and structured investment products; private, commercial and corporate, and investment banking services; and is involved in property, insurance, and investment management activities. Additionally, the company offers corporate finance, treasury, futures broking, asset management, venture capital management, insurance, stockbroking, cash management, and wealth management services; and engages in capital market, credit card, and private residential home loan businesses. The company was incorporated in 1935 and is headquartered in Singapore.
U11.SI passes 4 of our 30 screens today
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Common questions
Is United Overseas Bank (U11.SI) undervalued?
Against our discounted cash flow estimate of S$29.36, U11.SI at S$42.50 is 31% above fair value. That is one model's answer, not a recommendation, and most of a DCF's output sits in a terminal value nobody can forecast.
What is U11.SI's P/E ratio?
U11.SI trades at 16.1 times earnings. A low P/E is not automatically cheap: on a cyclical company it is usually a warning that earnings are at a peak.
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