Financials & FinTech research, Galliano’s Financials Research

Victor Galliano

Victor Galliano is an experienced equity banks analyst, having covered Latin America banks and non-bank financials for over 12 years, as well as more recently covering the Italian banks. He has worked in sell side equity research for 30 years in a career spanning Barclays, HSBC, BBVA LatInvest, Barings and NatWest.
Galliano's Financials Research provides fundamental research in Emerging Markets financials, including FinTech, as well as financials in select Developed Markets.
The investment style applied is generally value oriented, although Growth At Reasonable Price (GARP) strategies can also be used where appropriate. Our investment research approach aim is often contrarian, looking to capitalise on overly sceptical or optimistic consensus views. In terms of valuation techniques, the focus is on PBV ratio to ROE, PE multiples and dividend yield, as well as the application of PEG ratios and, where appropriate, Sum of the Parts (SOTP) valuations.

Financials & FinTech research

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Banco Inter & StoneCo – Interesting Concept, Challenging on Execution

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Financials & FinTech, EM & Developed Markets

Galliano’s Financials Research

Galliano's Financials Research provides fundamental research in Emerging Markets financials, including FinTech, as well as financials in select Developed Markets.

The investment style applied is generally value oriented, although Growth At Reasonable Price (GARP) strategies can also be used where appropriate. 

Our investment research approach aim is often contrarian, looking to capitalise on overly sceptical or optimistic consensus views. In terms of valuation techniques, the focus is on PBV ratio to ROE, PE multiples and dividend yield, as well as the application of PEG ratios and, where appropriate, Sum of the Parts (SOTP) valuations.

Equity Bottom-Up

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<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/banco-inter-sa" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:28162:1" rel="noopener">Banco Inter SA (BIDI11 BZ)</a> continues to grow its digital customer base, and remains the second largest digital commercial bank in Brazil by digital accounts</li>
<li>Yet 3Q21 results showed that customer acquisition costs increased further, that Inter is losing investment assets and that Inter’s capital absorption post the latest equity follow-on is set to be high</li>
<li>In addition, the largest Brazilian digital Nubank has filed for an IPO which impacts Banco Inter negatively, as Nubank’s listing will erode Inter’s scarcity value on the equity market and the IPO allows Nubank to raise fresh equity to fund its growth</li>
<li>Banco Inter is in partnership in the payments arena with its now cornerstone shareholder StoneCo; StoneCo’s main supplier of POS terminals, PAX Global Technology, saw its Florida offices raided by the FBI earlier this week, which is clearly negative for StoneCo and by extension Banco Inter</li>
<li>We remain negative on Inter, as we believe that Banco Inter is still stretched on valuations, despite the steady share price de-rating since July, and the fundamental headwinds to returns that Inter faces are real due to intensifying competition, not least with Nubank’s planned IPO</li>
<li>Risks to our negative view on Banco Inter include it achieving better than expects customer acquisition costs and higher benchmark rates in Brazil boosting its net interest income</li>
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Banco Inter SA (BIDI11 BZ) continues to grow its digital customer base, and remains the second largest digital commercial bank in Brazil by digital accounts
Yet 3Q21 results showed that customer acquisition costs increased further, that Inter is losing investment assets and that Inter’s capital absorption post the latest equity follow-on is set to be high
In addition, the largest Brazilian digital Nubank has filed for an IPO which impacts Banco Inter negatively, as Nubank’s listing will erode Inter’s scarcity value on the equity market and the IPO allows Nubank to raise fresh equity to fund its growth
Banco Inter is in partnership in the payments arena with its now cornerstone shareholder StoneCo; StoneCo’s main supplier of POS terminals, PAX Global Technology, saw its Florida offices raided by the FBI earlier this week, which is clearly negative for StoneCo and by extension Banco Inter
We remain negative on Inter, as we believe that Banco Inter is still stretched on valuations, despite the steady share price de-rating since July, and the fundamental headwinds to returns that Inter faces are real due to intensifying competition, not least with Nubank’s planned IPO
Risks to our negative view on Banco Inter include it achieving better than expects customer acquisition costs and higher benchmark rates in Brazil boosting its net interest income


Banco Inter (BIDI11 BZ):  Tough 3Q21, No Let up on the Horizon

Inter & Co

Banco Inter (BIDI11 BZ): Tough 3Q21, No Let up on the Horizon