Enterprise value is calculated minus cash on hand in which case Calle37 is correct BAL is significantly undervalued to the ASX. Using P/E ratio is flawed. Consider the banks like CBA not too long ago were trading at P/E ratio of 16. These organisations have huge liabilities greater than a trillion and a half dollars loaned into a speculative housing market and are trading illiquid now in my opinion as a forecasted 20% decrease in the housing market over this coming financial year will wipe out hundreds of billions from their balance sheets. The whole P/E ratio is a fraud as you can rack up infinite amounts of debt to boost your P/E. Yet majority of investors will just throw money into the bank stocks because divvy and good P/E ratio. Enterprise value is far better measure as it takes cash on hand and debt into consideration.
BAL Price at posting:
$7.70 Sentiment: Buy Disclosure: Held