COMMERZBANK
Time to buy for the long-term
- I don’t really understand why people are willing to buy distressed banks in Europe with weak economies behind them but have no interest in one with a world power behind it…
- Leveraged into German domestic demand which from todays PMI shows that domestic demand might take over from exports as a driver.
- It is one of the cheapest Banks in Europe,cheap on book multiples
- Disliked for numerous reasons which seem to be harder to justify (shipping/capital/Europe)
- The restructuring story is taking place and expecting some form of updates on from the company in February.
- Good noises today from manager magazin on their “bad bank” the non-core assets unit
- They own a Polish bank called BRE PW (third of CBKs mkt cap) which is flying and part of the country with europes fastest growing GDP.
- Recent ongoing articles in the WSJ and Barrons on Europe with titles such as Is Europe in your plans. Europeans may dislike them but the Americans may look at them differently
- Positioning is a big point with 17% Buys 51% holds and 31% Sells so still very well hated!