Benguet Corporation (BGUUF)
ValueMarkers Composite Index
83% below intrinsic value ($0)
Benguet Corporation (BGUUF) — VMCI valuation read
Headline read on BGUUF: VMCI of 61/100 versus a Basic Materials sector median of 50. The 11-point above-median position is what makes Benguet Corporation a relative-value candidate in the mid-cap cohort, before any pillar-level review.
Form 4 filings on BGUUF: zero in the trailing 30 days. The absence of insider transactions is itself a data point, just a low-information one. The thesis runs on financials and price action until that changes.
**Investor frame.** Three reads on BGUUF: value (BGUUF trades at 25.0x earnings, 39% above the Basic Materials median of 18.0x), quality (ROIC of 11.0% sits 1.0pp above the Basic Materials median (10.0%)), and risk (net debt to EBITDA of 2.4x is the rate-sensitivity line to watch). The value read also implies an EV/EBITDA gap of +4.0x against the Basic Materials 12.0x baseline.
BGUUF rose 2.4% over the trailing 7 days, with a -3.0% read on a 30-day basis.
Benguet Corporation, together with its subsidiaries, engages in the exploration, research and development, and production of gold, nickel, lime, and other metallic and nonmetallic mineral projects in the Philippines. It operates through four segments: Mining, Health Services, Logistics, and Others. The company holds interests in the Ampucao Copper-Gold, Pantingan Copper-Gold, Zamboanga Gold, Surigao Coal, and Ilocos Norte and Apayao FTAA prospects in the Philippines. It also develops and sells subdivision lots; trades in construction supplies; and sells water. In addition, the company offers healthcare and diagnostic services; port and shipping, and trucking services; and logistics services to the supply-chain requirements of various industries. Further, it engages in the research, development, real estate, and water projects. The company was incorporated in 1903 and is headquartered in Makati City, the Philippines.
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