Argentine Bank ADR BBVA Banco Frances Up Big On Political News

BBVA Banco Frances del Rio de la Plata S.A. (BFR) is a full-service banker for large corporations, middle market businesses and individuals. The Company operates approximately 74 branches in Argentina, 8 branches in Uruguay and a subsidiary bank in the Cayman Islands.

BFR was a selection for our ValuEngine Forecast 16 MNS Newsletter this month and it is up about 25% since our latest rebalance–while the SP 500 Index is down @1%. We have had a BUY on this company for quite some time–check the chart below for the green areas. Our models made another savvy pick with this company. Other analysts have followed suit, with the company receiving several upgrades. Argentine stocks have been on a tear recently due to a recently announced alliance between some of the nation’s more “market friendly” political parties.

ValuEngine continues its BUY recommendation on BBVA Banco Frances for 2015-03-16. Based on the information we have gathered and our resulting research, we feel that BBVA Banco Frances has the probability to OUTPERFORM average market performance for the next year. The company exhibits ATTRACTIVE Momentum and P/E Ratio.

Below is today’s data on BFR:

 

Valuation & Rankings
Valuation	100.78% overvalued	Valuation Rank	2
1-M Forecast Return	0.54%	1-M Forecast Return Rank	86
12-M Return	193.83%	Momentum Rank	99
Sharpe Ratio	0.39	Sharpe Ratio Rank	72
5-Y Avg Annual Return	20.40%	5-Y Avg Annual Rtn Rank	89
Volatility	52.88%	Volatility Rank	36
Expected EPS Growth	8.72%	EPS Growth Rank	40
Market Cap (billions)	3.83	Size Rank	81
Trailing P/E Ratio	12.85	Trailing P/E Rank	84
Forward P/E Ratio	11.82	Forward P/E Ratio Rank	79
PEG Ratio	1.47	PEG Ratio Rank	35
Price/Sales	1.79	Price/Sales Rank	49
Market/Book	3.38	Market/Book Rank	36
Beta	1.92	Beta Rank	15
Alpha	0.64	Alpha Rank	98