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James Thorne
Banco Santander SA
SAN-N
PAST TOP PICK
May 04, 2017
$6.750
Stock price when the opinion was issued
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A unique franchise--a Spanish bank with a strong presence in Latin America as well as Europe and UK. It's a retail bank. Look at their growth in emerging markets, which is the key to the story. This can be volatile given the economies of those countries, especially during Covid. That said, they execute well. You buy this for the growth in Latin America.
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The large Spanish banks are up 40-50% this year due to more tourism spending there, plus the bank's diversification across Latin American. They may leave the UK and its high taxes and laws. But the Spanish banks are 3x riskier than European ones, because the Spanish one's non-performing assets are 3% vs. the 1% average. Take this with a grain of salt. SAN is having a great year, but is coming off previous lows.
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(Top Pick Feb 27/17, Up 27%) He still likes the company and is adding on every pullback. There is going to be a resolution on zero interest rates and austerity. He really likes European banks as well as US Banks. Canadian banks are way too expensive. You should stand back on UK banks because of BREXIT. Greece will be a big beneficiary of all of this.