Stock price when the opinion was issued
Company struggles reflect cheap stock price. Would be very careful investing in company. Lots of errors within in management team. Believes credit will become a problem in going forward. Better / cheaper names in financial sector to invest in. Unsure on quality of balance sheet and assets. Would not recommend investing in right now.
Doesn't have a bright outlook for its future. Not a good bank. Multi-decade series of strategic blunders. Increasingly, scale matters, and this one is sub-scale. Put themselves up for sale, but why would anyone buy it when they can just eat their lunch for free and take their market share?
Different from NA takeover of CWB; both of those banks are good banks.
Bought in his conservative strategy when all the analysts on the street hated it. Stock has a definite bottom, and he bought near that for a swing trade. Now at, or near, the top. His target was $31 -- obtained, as that was the level of support in late 2022 and mid-2023. Today it's around $29.50, so he's on the verge of selling.
Could move a bit higher, as the banks tend to move as a group until the end of December. Might get another $1 out of it. "Bulls make money, bears make money, pigs get slaughtered." Once it hits $31, he's out.
Would not recommend buying bank. Broken business model. Cheap business for a reason. Sub scale in terms assets. Very behind in competitive nature of business. Dividend yield tempting - but is too risky to justify investment. Cutting dividend very poor sign.