Global Bank Equity Specialist, Creative Portfolios

Paul Hollingworth

Global Bank Equity Specialist

Creative Portfolios

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<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/18958" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:18958:1">Taiwan Business Bank (2834 TT)</a> ticks most of the boxes with a PH Score of 10. This is a top decile performance globally in terms of fundamental trends from our quantamental value-quality gauge.We would caution that the asset quality is not as crystalline as the reduced NPL ratio indicates given that rising impaired loans represent 5x NPLs. We await greater granularity from further analysis of the NPL breakdown by category. Having said that, the impaired loan ratio is still pretty low and manageable at 1.48% while Provisioning -on an upward trend- should reflect increasing non-NPL but impaired assets.Results were markedly impacted by a palpable reduction in Loan Loss Provisions which will be a response, we assume, to lower problem loans or NPLs as well as very strong recoveries (net negative charge-offs), rather than higher impaired Loans.In addition, the trend in Efficiency may not be as good as it appears to be given that OPEX expansion outpaced "Underlying Income" expansion. The latter was impacted by a sharp increase in Interest Expenses from Deposits especially, as well as a tepid Fee Income performance. While Interest Income from non-credit assets rose robustly, the core Interest Income on Loans firmed by 11.4% YoY, for a YoY gain of NT2.3bn, despite a modest decrease in the Loan portfolio in such a low margin environment. Interestingly, Loan recoveries also saw a NT2.3bn gain.Valuation is quite appealing given the tailwinds of a high PH Score. FV, P/Book, and Earnings Yield stand at 6%, 0.9x, and 10%, respectively.

Taiwan Business Bank (2834 TT) ticks most of the boxes with a PH Score of 10. This is a top decile performance globally in terms of fundamental trends from our quantamental value-quality gauge.We would caution that the asset quality is not as crystalline as the reduced NPL ratio indicates given that rising impaired loans represent 5x NPLs. We await greater granularity from further analysis of the NPL breakdown by category. Having said that, the impaired loan ratio is still pretty low and manageable at 1.48% while Provisioning -on an upward trend- should reflect increasing non-NPL but impaired assets.Results were markedly impacted by a palpable reduction in Loan Loss Provisions which will be a response, we assume, to lower problem loans or NPLs as well as very strong recoveries (net negative charge-offs), rather than higher impaired Loans.In addition, the trend in Efficiency may not be as good as it appears to be given that OPEX expansion outpaced "Underlying Income" expansion. The latter was impacted by a sharp increase in Interest Expenses from Deposits especially, as well as a tepid Fee Income performance. While Interest Income from non-credit assets rose robustly, the core Interest Income on Loans firmed by 11.4% YoY, for a YoY gain of NT2.3bn, despite a modest decrease in the Loan portfolio in such a low margin environment. Interestingly, Loan recoveries also saw a NT2.3bn gain.Valuation is quite appealing given the tailwinds of a high PH Score. FV, P/Book, and Earnings Yield stand at 6%, 0.9x, and 10%, respectively.

Taiwan Business Bank: Catching the Sun's Rays

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Taiwan Business Bank provides financing services to small and medium businesses. The Bank invests in government bonds, short-term bills, corporate bonds, and financial debentures.  Taiwan Business Bank also offers services of remittance, acceptance, guarantee, foreign exchange, and letter of credit.

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Taiwan Business Bank: Catching the Sun's Rays

Taiwan Business Bank (2834 TT) ticks most of the boxes with a PH Score of 10. This is a top decile performance globally in terms of fundamental...

Paul Hollingworth