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The week's question
In March 2025, in the thread "Re: OT, out", Umm asked the members: "Do you think it is because America is made up of magical soil that makes businesses based in America magically profitable?" This week it is put to everyone again. The button below opens the small thread re-asking it - read what others have said so far, then give your own answer as an ordinary reply.
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Author: maxthetrade ⎊⎊  😊 😞
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Subject: Re: BAC
Date: 07/01/23 10:09 AM
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But...they still only managed a double digit ROE four times within memory.

I think in this case ROTCE is a more meaningful number, unlike BRK they are no serial aquirer.
Their ROTCE for the last five years was 15.5%, 14.86%, 9.48%, 17.02% and 15.15%. Even in 2020
they managed to get 9.48%, not too shabby. Assuming they continue to get a similar ROTCE in
the future, what would you pay for such a business? 1.8x TBV doesn't seem crazy to me.
TBV/share has grown ~5.2% per year over the last 5 years, dividend yield is ~3.1%. So from today
I would expect to get a return of 8.3%/year plus a one time bump from multiple expansion of 40%.
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