Korea/Asia, Events, IPOs, Douglas Research Advisory

Douglas Kim

Nearly 30 years of experience in the Korean/Asian equity research. Major sectors coverage include the following:
- Technology 
- Consumer 
- Special Situations/Deep Value Plays
- Tender Offers/M&As
- Holdcos/Stubs
- Asian Unicorns/Private Companies

Korea/Asia, Events, IPOs

Puregold Price Club - 2Q/1H24 in line with expectations

Puregold Price Club Inc - Upbeat outlook, but opex could cap growth

Douglas Research Advisory

Equity Bottom-Up

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<li>Puregold has built an enormous moat in the Philippines around its hypermarket, supermarket, and discount/membership stores, which is evident on its steady growth in sales and profits amid challenging  environment. </li>
<li>Puregold has attractive valuations. Puregold is trading at attractive valuations of 2.7x EV/EBITDA, P/E of 8.6x, and P/B of 0.9x, based on 2025 consensus earnings estimates.</li>
<li>In the next several years, the Philippines is expected to move into the upper middle-income economy which should have a positive impact on the consumption-led categories including supermarkets and hypermarkets.</li>
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Puregold has built an enormous moat in the Philippines around its hypermarket, supermarket, and discount/membership stores, which is evident on its steady growth in sales and profits amid challenging  environment. 
Puregold has attractive valuations. Puregold is trading at attractive valuations of 2.7x EV/EBITDA, P/E of 8.6x, and P/B of 0.9x, based on 2025 consensus earnings estimates.
In the next several years, the Philippines is expected to move into the upper middle-income economy which should have a positive impact on the consumption-led categories including supermarkets and hypermarkets.


Puregold Price Club

Asian Dividend Gems: Puregold Price Club