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Johann Scholtz
EUR 101.80 For Business Accounts Only

Low-Interest-Rate Environment Obscures Santander's Competitive Advantages

We are reinitiating coverage on Banco Santander with a fair value estimate of EUR 5.40 for the Madrid-listed shares, along with a narrow moat rating. The shares currently look fully valued.
We base our narrow moat rating on cost advantages and switching costs. Santander attracts cheap deposit funding and has a good record of managing operational costs, and its presence in uncorrelated geographies creates a diversification benefit that reduces the volatility of credit costs. We believe that the c...
Underlying
Banco Santander S.A.

Banco Santander is a holding company, providing a range of financial products. Co.'s products and services include: retail banking business that covers all customer banking businesses; wholesale banking business; as well as asset management and insurance business. Co.'s principal operations are in Spain, the U.K., Portugal, Germany, Italy and Latin America. As of Dec 31 2014, Co.'s total assets amounted to Euro1,266,296,000,000 and total customer deposits amounted to Euro647,627,000,000.

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Morningstar
Morningstar

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Johann Scholtz

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