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Derya Guzel
EUR 101.80 For Business Accounts Only

Transferring Coverage of KBC With Narrow Moat and Stable Trend; Shares Currently Offer Modest Upside

We are transferring coverage of KBC to a new analyst with a narrow moat and stable moat trend. We lift our fair value estimate for the bank to EUR 79 per share from EUR 75. Shares currently offer modest upside of 10% and are trading at the 3-star category.
After the rough years followed by the global financial crises, KBC managed to turn around the business via heavy restructuring that enabled the bank to pay its state aid earlier than originally planned. This was thanks to good performance tha...
Underlying
KBC Group N.V.

KBC Group is a bank-insurance group engaged in providing products and services mainly to retail, private banking, SME and mid-cap clients. Co. focuses on its primary markets of Belgium, the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Hungary and Bulgaria. Co. is also present in Ireland and, to a limited extent, in several other countries to support corporate clients from its primary markets. Co.'s main brands are KBC and CBC in Belgium, CSOB in Czech Republic and Slovakia, K&H in Hungary, CIBANK and DZI Insurance in Bulgaria, and KBC Bank Ireland in Ireland. As of Dec 31 2014, Co. had 1,601 bank branches. In addition, Co. had total assets of Euro245.17 billion.

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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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Derya Guzel

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