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Jim Sinegal
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M&T's Subpar 2016 Profits Don't Support Its Lofty Valuation

Narrow-moat M&T achieved a return on common equity of only 8.1% during the fourth quarter of 2016, reinforcing our view that the bank will not be as profitable as it was in the past. We view the firm's stock as overvalued, at 1.35 times our $115 fair value estimate, 20 times 2016 GAAP earnings, and 2.3 times tangible common equity.
Credit quality remains exemplary. M&T charged off just 0.22% of loans in the final quarter of the year and 0.18% for all of 2016. We think pristine credit qua...
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M&T BANK CORPORATION

M&T Bank is a bank holding company. Through its subsidiaries, the company provides individuals, corporations and other businesses, and institutions with commercial and retail banking services, including loans and deposits, trust, mortgage banking, asset management, insurance and other financial services. Banking activities are primarily focused on consumers residing in New York State, Maryland, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware, Connecticut, Virginia, West Virginia and the District of Columbia and on small and medium-size businesses based in those areas. Certain subsidiaries also conduct activities in other areas.

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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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