Bullish on Aussie Banks

After 5 years, I have now become bullish on Australian banks.

For example, Westpac Bank’s 2021 forecasts have it trading below 1x book value, on a P/E of 11 and the dividend yield should be 5%, not including the franking credits.

Furthermore, I think its net interest margins will increase (as longer dates interest rates rise) and all of their bad news and fines are no longer “new news”, Westpac’s stock price also has traded at monumentally oversold readings…….not on a daily nor weekly basis, but on a Monthly reading.

See the chart below and you’ll see it’s only happened twice in 27 years.

October 19, 2020
by Rob Zdravevski
rob@karriasset.com.au