Westpac Banking (Germany) Buy Hold or Sell Recommendation

WBC Stock  EUR 16.36  0.48  3.02%   
Assuming the 90 days horizon and your way above-average risk tolerance, our recommendation regarding Westpac Banking is 'Strong Buy'. Macroaxis provides Westpac Banking buy-hold-or-sell recommendation only in the context of selected investment horizon and investor attitude towards risk assumed by holding WBC positions. The advice algorithm takes into account all of Westpac Banking's available fundamental, technical, and predictive indicators you will find on this site. Key drivers impacting Westpac Banking's buy or sell advice are summarized below:
Real Value
17.43
Hype Value
16.36
Market Value
16.36
A buy or sell recommendation provided by Macroaxis is an automated directive regarding whether to purchase or sell Westpac Banking given historical horizon and risk tolerance towards Westpac Banking. When Macroaxis issues a 'buy' or 'sell' recommendation for Westpac Banking, the advice is generated through an automated system that utilizes algorithms and statistical models.
  
Check out Westpac Banking Analyst Recommendation to compare Macroaxis Buy or Sell Recommendation with the current analyst consensus. To check ratings for multiple equity instruments, please use the Instant Ratings tool.
In addition, we conduct extensive research on individual companies such as Westpac and provide practical buy, sell, or hold advice based on investors' investing horizon and their risk tolerance towards Westpac Banking. Also, note that the market value of any company could be tightly coupled with the direction of predictive economic indicators such as signals in board of governors.

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The Westpac recommendation should be used to complement the buy-or-sell advice compiled from the current analysts' consensus on Westpac Banking. Macroaxis does not own or have any residual interests in Westpac Banking or other equities on which the buy-or-sell advice is provided. Please provide your input below to execute Westpac Banking's advice using the current market data and latest reported fundamentals.

Time Horizon

Risk Tolerance

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Strong Buy

Market Performance

GoodDetails

Volatility

Very steadyDetails

Hype Condition

StaleDetails

Current Valuation

UndervaluedDetails

Odds Of Distress

LowDetails

Economic Sensitivity

Barely shadows the marketDetails

Analyst Consensus

Not AvailableDetails

Reporting Quality (M-Score)

InapplicableDetails
For the selected time horizon Westpac Banking has a Risk Adjusted Performance of 0.1014, Jensen Alpha of 0.1938, Total Risk Alpha of 0.056, Sortino Ratio of 0.0874 and Treynor Ratio of 7.35
Our recommendation tool can cross-verify current analyst consensus on Westpac Banking and to analyze the firm potential to grow in the current economic cycle. To make sure Westpac Banking is not overpriced, please check out all Westpac Banking fundamentals, including its price to sales, gross profit, cash and equivalents, as well as the relationship between the revenue and net income .

Westpac Banking Trading Alerts and Improvement Suggestions

Westpac Banking has accumulated about 51.51 B in cash with (18.1 B) of positive cash flow from operations. This results in cash-per-share (CPS) ratio of 15.02.

Westpac Banking Returns Distribution Density

The distribution of Westpac Banking's historical returns is an attempt to chart the uncertainty of Westpac Banking's future price movements. The chart of the probability distribution of Westpac Banking daily returns describes the distribution of returns around its average expected value. We use Westpac Banking price's Value At Risk and its Upside Potential as a relative measure of the distribution. The graph of the distribution of Westpac Banking returns is essential to provide solid investment advice for Westpac Banking.
Mean Return
0.21
Value At Risk
-2
Potential Upside
2.60
Standard Deviation
1.34
   Return Density   
       Distribution  
Investment risk management requires an estimate of the probability of extreme price changes. Therefore, the correct representation of the distribution of Westpac Banking historical returns presented in an easy-to-digest graphical form helps investors and money managers understand the risk-reward trade-off of different investement strategies.

Westpac Banking Greeks

Most traded equities are subject to two types of risk - systematic (i.e., market) and unsystematic (i.e., nonmarket or company-specific) risk. Unsystematic risk is the risk that events specific to Westpac Banking or Financial Services sector will adversely affect the stock's price. This type of risk can be diversified away by owning several different stocks in different industries whose stock prices have shown a small correlation to each other. On the other hand, systematic risk is the risk that Westpac Banking's price will be affected by overall stock market movements and cannot be diversified away. So, no matter how many positions you have, you cannot eliminate market risk. However, you can measure a Westpac stock's historical response to market movements and buy it if you are comfortable with its volatility direction. Beta and standard deviation are two commonly used measures to help you make the right decision.
α
Alpha over NYSE Composite
0.19
β
Beta against NYSE Composite0.03
σ
Overall volatility
1.33
Ir
Information ratio 0.1

Westpac Banking Volatility Alert

Westpac Banking has relatively low volatility with skewness of -0.2 and kurtosis of 0.35. Understanding different market volatility trends often help investors to time the market. Properly using volatility indicators enable traders to measure Westpac Banking's stock risk against market volatility during both bullish and bearish trends. The higher level of volatility that comes with bear markets can directly impact Westpac Banking's stock price while adding stress to investors as they watch their shares' value plummet. This usually forces investors to rebalance their portfolios by buying different financial instruments as prices fall.

Westpac Banking Fundamentals Vs Peers

Comparing Westpac Banking's fundamentals to the average values of its peers is one of the most widely used and accepted methods of equity analyses. It helps to analyze Westpac Banking's direct or indirect competition across all of the common fundamentals between Westpac Banking and the related equities. This way, we can detect undervalued stocks with similar characteristics as Westpac Banking or determine the stocks which would be an excellent addition to an existing portfolio. Peer analysis of Westpac Banking's fundamental indicators could also be used in its relative valuation, which is a method of valuing Westpac Banking by comparing valuation metrics with those of similar companies.
    
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 Worse Than Average Compare Westpac Banking to competition
FundamentalsWestpac BankingPeer Average
Return On Equity0.0799-0.31
Return On Asset0.0058-0.14
Profit Margin0.30 %(1.27) %
Operating Margin0.49 %(5.51) %
Current Valuation156.55 B16.62 B
Shares Outstanding3.5 B571.82 M
Shares Owned By Insiders0.58 %10.09 %
Shares Owned By Institutions28.48 %39.21 %
Price To Earning10.26 X28.72 X
Price To Book1.14 X9.51 X
Price To Sales2.66 X11.42 X
Revenue20.34 B9.43 B
Gross Profit19.27 B27.38 B
Net Income5.69 B570.98 M
Cash And Equivalents51.51 B2.7 B
Cash Per Share15.02 X5.01 X
Total Debt146.87 B5.32 B
Book Value Per Share20.15 X1.93 K
Cash Flow From Operations(18.1 B)971.22 M
Earnings Per Share0.98 X3.12 X
Price To Earnings To Growth1.22 X4.89 X
Number Of Employees37.48 K18.84 K
Beta0.82-0.15
Market Capitalization50.91 B19.03 B
Total Asset1.01 T29.47 B
Annual Yield0.06 %
Five Year Return7.72 %
Net Asset1.01 T
Last Dividend Paid1.25

Westpac Banking Market Momentum

Traders often use several daily momentume indicators to supplement a more traditional technical analysis when analyzing securities such as Westpac . With many different options, investors must choose the best indicators for them and familiarize themselves with how they work. We suggest combining traditional momentum indicators with more near-term forms of technical analysis such as Accumulation Distribution or Daily Balance Of Power. With their quantitative nature, daily value technical indicators can also be incorporated into your automated trading systems.

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Please note, there is a significant difference between Westpac Banking's value and its price as these two are different measures arrived at by different means. Investors typically determine if Westpac Banking is a good investment by looking at such factors as earnings, sales, fundamental and technical indicators, competition as well as analyst projections. However, Westpac Banking's price is the amount at which it trades on the open market and represents the number that a seller and buyer find agreeable to each party.