Stock price when the opinion was issued
Buying Credit Suisse turned them into one of the largest wealth management businesses in the world with $4 trillion in assets. They keep creating new business units and products to their high new worth clients (i.e. mortgages, alternative investments). If things pan out--as earnings have been accretive since the takeover--2026's target is $315 at 8x PE. So, that's decent value. Caveat: the last 10-20 years have no dividend growth.
UBS is the 9th largest bank in the world, based on capitalization. We like that quarterly cash reserves are growing, while debt is retired. It trades a 28x earnings and supports a robust 40% ROE. Its modest dividend is backed by a payout ratio under 10% of cash flow. We recommend setting a stop-loss at $24.50, looking to achieve $34 — upside potential of 17%. Yield 1.2%
(Analysts’ price target is $33.62)