Global Bank Equity Specialist, Creative Portfolios

Paul Hollingworth

Global Bank Equity Specialist

Creative Portfolios

Equity Bottom-Up

<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/4136" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:4136:1">King'S Town Bank (2809 TT)</a> flags up some amber signals with the growth of funding and credit costs, huge asset writedowns on financial assets, and a shrinking bottom line that barely resembles Comprehensive Income.This all may signal a management team getting to grips with some asset problems and navigating the ship into calmer waters. Or is the bank being cleaned up for sale? The bank was rumoured to be interested in <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/6756" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:6756:1">Entie Commercial Bank (2849 TT)</a>.Our PH Score™ (our fundamental trend and value-quality indicator) though is subpar at 2.5 (bottom quintile globally) and the RSI (14 day) is high at 77. We would prefer to see an elevated PH Score™ and a low RSI. "If a business does well, the stock will follow". We are intrigued.If the bank was trading on a Franchise Valuation of 8% (Asia Pacific median including Japan), shares might be more compelling. But Market Cap./Deposits stands at 20%. The median P/Book in the region (including Japan) stands at 0.8x versus 1.1x at King's Town.

King'S Town Bank (2809 TT) flags up some amber signals with the growth of funding and credit costs, huge asset writedowns on financial assets, and a shrinking bottom line that barely resembles Comprehensive Income.This all may signal a management team getting to grips with some asset problems and navigating the ship into calmer waters. Or is the bank being cleaned up for sale? The bank was rumoured to be interested in Entie Commercial Bank (2849 TT).Our PH Score™ (our fundamental trend and value-quality indicator) though is subpar at 2.5 (bottom quintile globally) and the RSI (14 day) is high at 77. We would prefer to see an elevated PH Score™ and a low RSI. "If a business does well, the stock will follow". We are intrigued.If the bank was trading on a Franchise Valuation of 8% (Asia Pacific median including Japan), shares might be more compelling. But Market Cap./Deposits stands at 20%. The median P/Book in the region (including Japan) stands at 0.8x versus 1.1x at King's Town.

King's Town: "The Night Seems to Fade, but the Moonlight Lingers On"

King's Town Bank

King's Town: "The Night Seems to Fade, but the Moonlight Lingers On"