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US Equities Report

Bank of America Corporation

Oct 19, 2023

BAC
Investment Type
Large-cap
Risk Level
Action
Rec. Price (US$)

Section 1: Company Overview and Fundamentals

1.1 Company Overview:

Bank of America Corporation (NYSE: BAC) is a bank holding company and a financial holding company. Its segments include Consumer Banking, Global Wealth & Investment Management (GWIM), Global Banking and Global Markets.

Kalkine’s Diversified Opportunities Report covers the Company Overview, Key positives & negatives, Investment summary, Key investment metrics, Top 10 shareholding, Business updates and insights into company recent financial results, Key Risks & Outlook, Price performance and technical summary, Target Price, and Recommendation on the stock.

Price Performance:

  • BAC's share price has corrected by 13.38% in the past three months. Moreover, in the long term, the stock has corrected by 9.15% over the past six months.
  • The stock is in its lower band of its 52-week range of USD 38.60 and 52-week low price of USD 25.47. The stock has been in a downward trend since July 25, 2023, correcting by almost 17.18%, with the current price near an important support of USD 25.00-USD 27.00.
  • The price is currently trading below both its long-term (200-day) SMA and its short-term (50-day) SMA, with the current RSI of 48.65.

      

1.2 The Key Positives, Negatives, and Investment summary

1.3 Top 10 shareholders:

The top 10 shareholders together form ~36.45% of the total shareholding, signifying diverse shareholding. Berkshire Hathaway Inc., and The Vanguard Group, Inc., are the biggest shareholders, holding the maximum stake in the company at ~13.00% and ~7.63%, respectively.

1.4 Key Metrics:

The provided data depicts financial metrics for BAC in millions of U.S. dollars across five different time points from September 2022 to September 2023. Notably, the interest income from the banking sector exhibited an ascending trend, commencing at 19,621 million USD in September 2022 and culminating at 33,624 million USD in September 2023. Simultaneously, the net income also demonstrated a positive trajectory, commencing at 7,082 million USD in September 2022 and advancing to 7,802 million USD in September 2023. This data signifies consistent growth in both interest income and net income for BAC throughout the specified time.

Section 2: Business Updates and Corporate Business Highlights

2.1 Recent Updates:

The below picture gives an overview of the recent updates:

2.2 Insights of Q3FY23:

Section 3: Key Risks & Outlook

Section 4: Stock Recommendation Summary:

4.1 Price Performance and Technical Summary:

Stock Performance:

  • BAC's share price has corrected by 13.38% in the past three months. Moreover, in the long term, the stock has corrected by 9.15% over the past six months.
  • The stock is in its lower band of its 52-week range of USD 38.60 and 52-week low price of USD 25.47. The stock has been in a downward trend since July 25, 2023, correcting by almost 17.18%, with the current price near an important support of USD 25.00-USD 27.00.
  • The price is currently trading below both its long-term (200-day) SMA and its short-term (50-day) SMA, with the current RSI of 48.65.

  

4.2 Fundamental Valuation

Valuation Methodology: Price/Book value per share Multiple Based Relative Valuation

Markets are trading in a highly volatile zone currently due to certain macroeconomic issues and geopolitical tensions prevailing. Therefore, it is prudent to follow a cautious approach while investing.

Note 1: Past performance is not a reliable indicator of future performance.

Note 2: The reference date for all price data, currency, technical indicators, support, and resistance levels is October 18, 2023. The reference data in this report has been partly sourced from REFINITIV.

Note 3: Investment decisions should be made depending on an individual's appetite for upside potential, risks, holding duration, and any previous holdings. An 'Exit' from the stock can be considered if the Target Price mentioned as per the Valuation and or the technical levels provided has been achieved and is subject to the factors discussed above.

Note 4: The report publishing date is as per the Pacific Time Zone.

Technical Indicators Defined: -

Support: A level at which the stock prices tend to find support if they are falling, and a downtrend may take a pause backed by demand or buying interest. Support 1 refers to the nearby support level for the stock and if the price breaches the level, then Support 2 may act as the crucial support level for the stock.

 Resistance: A level at which the stock prices tend to find resistance when they are rising, and an uptrend may take a pause due to profit booking or selling interest. Resistance 1 refers to the nearby resistance level for the stock and if the price surpasses the level, then Resistance 2 may act as the crucial resistance level for the stock.

 Stop-loss: It is a level to protect against further losses in case of unfavorable movement in the stock prices.


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