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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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.

Event-Driven

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<li>Itausa is trading at a stated 24.4% discount to the HoldCo’s NAV, with the discount having widened sharply since last month; we turn positive on Itausa</li>
<li>We believe that the discount under-estimates the stated NAV; separate from Itausa’s stake in XP, Itaú Unibanco, in which Itausa holds a 37.2% stake, has a direct 11.36% XP stake</li>
<li>Adding its indirect XP stake share to Itausa’s NAV implies a discount of 26.1%; since December 2008, only on 11% of the month end datapoints has Itausa’s discount exceeded 25%</li>
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Itausa is trading at a stated 24.4% discount to the HoldCo’s NAV, with the discount having widened sharply since last month; we turn positive on Itausa
We believe that the discount under-estimates the stated NAV; separate from Itausa’s stake in XP, Itaú Unibanco, in which Itausa holds a 37.2% stake, has a direct 11.36% XP stake
Adding its indirect XP stake share to Itausa’s NAV implies a discount of 26.1%; since December 2008, only on 11% of the month end datapoints has Itausa’s discount exceeded 25%


Itausa (ITSA4 BZ) – Historically Wide, and Potentially Understated, NAV Discount