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Michael Wu
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Narrow-Moat BOCHK Reports Mixed 3Q Update; Valuation Looks Attractive

Bank of China Hong Kong provided a mixed third-quarter update, and our fair value estimate is unchanged at HKD 39.20. The bank is attractively priced after a sharp decline in its share price after results were released. Our fair value represents a price/book of 1.7 times, supported by forecast return on equity of 14% over the next five years. A discount to fair value of 25% is a large enough margin of safety, in our view. From a quality perspective, the narrow-moat-rated bank benefits from cost ...
Underlying
BOC Hong Kong (Holdings) Limited

BOC Hong Kong is an investment holding company, engaged in the provision of banking and related financial services in Hong Kong. Co.'s segments include: Personal Banking, Corporate Banking, Treasury, and Insurance. Both the Personal Banking and Corporate Banking segments provide general banking services. The Treasury segment manages funding and liquidity, and the interest rate and foreign exchange positions of Co. in addition to proprietary trades. The Insurance segment represents business mainly relating to life insurance products, including individual life insurance and group life insurance products. As of Dec 31 2014, Co. had total assets of HK$2,189,367,000,000.

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Morningstar
Morningstar

Morningstar, Inc. is a leading provider of independent investment research in North America, Europe, Australia, and Asia. The company offer an extensive line of products and services for individual investors, financial advisors, asset managers, and retirement plan providers and sponsors.

Morningstar provides data on approximately 530,000 investment offerings, including stocks, mutual funds, and similar vehicles, along with real-time global market data on more than 18 million equities, indexes, futures, options, commodities, and precious metals, in addition to foreign exchange and Treasury markets. Morningstar also offers investment management services through its investment advisory subsidiaries and had approximately $185 billion in assets under advisement and management as of June 30, 2016.

We have operations in 27 countries.

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Michael Wu

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