Stock Valuation: Australia and New Zealand Banking Group Ltd (ANZ) – ProThinker

Name of Company	Country of Origin/ Exchange Traded	Sector	Stock Price
AUSTRALIA AND NEW ZEALAND BANKING GROUP LTD	Australia/ ASX	Financial Services – Banks – Banks – Global	AUD29.50
			@ 02 Sep 2018
COMPANY PROFILE	Australia and New Zealand Banking Group Ltd is involved in the financial services sector. Its core operations include provision of banking and financial products and services to retail, high net worth, small business, corporate and commercial customers. ANZ Bank is Australia’s third-largest bank by market value and provides retail, business, and institutional banking services to 8 million customers in Australia, New Zealand, and Asia-Pacific. The super-regional Asian strategy is being de-emphasised, with management focusing on the higher-returning businesses in Australia and New Zealand. Despite the fine-tuning in strategy, ANZ Bank is differentiated from domestic peers, none of which has an Asia-centric strategy.
Stock Code	ANZ
Stock Valuation Below

The Price to Sales Ratio is a commonly used valuation indicator for a stock. While not as popular as the Price to Earnings Ratio, it overcomes some of the limitations of the PE Ratio in that it can be used even when the company is not making a profit or only making minimal profits. However, it should not be used by itself because a company may be achieving sales but not profits.
At the price of AUD29.50 as at 02 Sep 2018, Australia And New Zealand Banking Group Ltd is trading at a Price to Sales Ratio of 4.4 times last 12 months sales. This is a 11.0% premium to current fair Price to Sales Ratio of 4.0 times.
Is the stock overvalued? One should not just look at one indicator to determine the fair value of a stock.
ProThinker believes in using a combination of valuation methods to decide whether a stock is over or undervalued? The five ratios we use are Price to Earnings, Price to Sales, Price to Cash Flow, Price to Book and Dividend Yield. We use multiple methods to value a stock because each has its benefits as well as shortcomings. Price to Earnings and Price to Cash Flow Ratios relate stock price to profitability but are meaningless when the comany has negative earnings or cash flows. Price to Sales Ratio is more stable because sales are never negative. However, this does not tell us whether the company is able to sell profitably. Price to Book Ratio gives us an indication as to how much we are paying for the company’s assets but it is not directly related to the company’s profitability. Dividend Yield cannot be used for companies that are paying little to no dividends.
While it is important to value stocks based on multiple valuation methods, this often leads to differing views on valuation. One indicator may suggest that a stock is overvalued while another suggest that it is undervalued. This does not help an investor who needs to make a definite decision whether to buy, hold or sell the stock. That is why we advocate the use of a Composite Valuation Indicator, which is derived from the best combination of the five indicators above. A Composite Valuation Indicator will give you ONE conclusion on whether a stock is under or over valued.
To find out more about our valuation methodology, click here.
Source of Data: Company description, historical financial statements data and price data are from gurufocus.com or moneycontrol.com. Estimates are from marketscreener.com – Thomson Reuters.
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