Berkshire Hills Bancorp, Inc.

  • Market Cap: Small Cap
  • Industry: Regional Banks
  • ISIN: US0846801076
USD
29.37
0.23 (0.79%)
  • Price Points
  • Score
  • Mojo Parameters
  • Total Return
  • News and Corporate Actions
  • Key factors
  • Shareholding
  • Financials
  • CompanyCV
stock-recommendationScore
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Strong Sell
Sell
Hold
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Comparison

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Score
Quality
Valuation
Financial
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Why is Berkshire Hills Bancorp, Inc. ?

1
Weak Long Term Fundamental Strength with a 14.94% CAGR growth in Net Profits
  • A low provision coverage ratio signifies the bank has not recognized and created adeqaute reserves to cover its non perfoming loans
2
Below par performance in long term as well as near term
  • Along with generating -11.76% returns in the last 1 year, the stock has also underperformed S&P 500 in the last 3 years, 1 year and 3 months
stock-recommendationReal-Time Research Report

Verdict Report

How much should you buy?

  1. Overall Portfolio exposure to Berkshire Hills Bancorp, Inc. should be less than 10%
  2. Overall Portfolio exposure to Regional Banks should be less than 30%

(If sector exposure > 30%, please use optimiser tool to see which are the best stocks to hold in Regional Banks)

When to exit? - We will constantly monitor the company and suggest at the appropriate time to exit from the stock

Is Berkshire Hills Bancorp, Inc. for you?

Low Risk, High Return

Absolute
Risk Adjusted
Volatility
Berkshire Hills Bancorp, Inc.
16.59%
0.97
28.73%
S&P 500
22.99%
0.70
20.15%
stock-recommendationQuality
stock-summaryManagement Risk
stock-summaryGrowth
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Quality grade scale :

Below Average, Average, Good, Excellent

Quality key factors

Factor
Value
Sales Growth (5y)
15.12%
EBIT Growth (5y)
21.61%
EBIT to Interest (avg)
0
Debt to EBITDA (avg)
0
Net Debt to Equity (avg)
0
Sales to Capital Employed (avg)
0
Tax Ratio
0
Dividend Payout Ratio
83.79%
Pledged Shares
0
Institutional Holding
99.94%
ROCE (avg)
0
ROE (avg)
0
stock-recommendationValuation

Valuation Scorecard stock-summary

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Valuation grade scale :

Very Risky, Risky, Very Expensive, Expensive, Fair, Attractive, Very Attractive

Valuation Key Factors stock-summary

Factor
Value
P/E Ratio
21
Industry P/E
Price to Book Value
0.98
EV to EBIT
8.01
EV to EBITDA
6.67
EV to Capital Employed
0.96
EV to Sales
1.16
PEG Ratio
NA
Dividend Yield
180.21%
ROCE (Latest)
11.96%
ROE (Latest)
4.74%
stock-recommendationTechnicals

Technical key factors

Indicator
Weekly
Monthly
MACD
Bullish
Bullish
RSI
No Signal
No Signal
Bollinger Bands
Mildly Bullish
Bullish
Moving Averages
Bullish (Daily)
KST
Mildly Bearish
Mildly Bearish
Dow Theory
No Trend
Mildly Bullish
OBV
Mildly Bullish
No Trend
stock-recommendation Technical Indicator Scale: Bearish, Mildly Bearish, Sideways, Mildly Bullish, Bullish  Turned 
Technical Movement
stock-recommendationFinancial Trend

Financial Trend Scorecard stock-summary

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Financial Trend scale:

Very Negative, Negative, Flat, Positive, Very Positive, Outstanding

35What is working for the Company
OPERATING CASH FLOW(Y)

Highest at USD 186.85 MM

NET SALES(Q)

At USD 292.38 MM has Grown at 41.16%

PRE-TAX PROFIT(Q)

At USD 78.98 MM has Grown at 119.91%

NET PROFIT(Q)

At USD 55.34 MM has Grown at 87.25%

DIVIDEND PAYOUT RATIO(Y)

Highest at 58.55%

CASH AND EQV(HY)

Highest at USD 387.25 MM

DIVIDEND PER SHARE(HY)

Highest at USD 0

CREDIT DEPOSIT RATIO(HY)

Highest at 97.99%

-6What is not working for the Company
GROSS NPA (%)

(Q

INTEREST(9M)

At USD 298.01 MM has Grown at 43.09%

Here's what is working for Berkshire Hills Bancorp, Inc.

Net Sales
At USD 292.38 MM has Grown at 41.16%
over average net sales of the previous four periods of USD 207.14 MM
MOJO Watch
Near term sales trend is very positive

Net Sales (USD MM)

Pre-Tax Profit
At USD 78.98 MM has Grown at 119.91%
over average net sales of the previous four periods of USD 35.91 MM
MOJO Watch
Near term Pre-Tax Profit trend is very positive

Pre-Tax Profit (USD MM)

Net Profit
At USD 55.34 MM has Grown at 87.25%
over average net sales of the previous four periods of USD 29.56 MM
MOJO Watch
Near term Net Profit trend is very positive

Net Profit (USD MM)

Operating Cash Flow
Highest at USD 186.85 MM
in the last three years
MOJO Watch
The company has generated higher cash revenues from business operations

Operating Cash Flows (USD MM)

Cash and Eqv
Highest at USD 387.25 MM
in the last six Semi-Annual periods
MOJO Watch
Short Term liquidity is improving

Cash and Cash Equivalents

Dividend per share
Highest at USD 0
in the last five years
MOJO Watch
Company is distributing higher dividend from profits generated

DPS (USD)

Credit Deposit Ratio
Highest at 97.99%
in the last four Semi-Annual periods
MOJO Watch
Bank has been creating proportionately higher loans against its deposits, thereby creating higher revenue generating assets

Credit Deposit Ratio (%)

Dividend Payout Ratio
Highest at 58.55%
in the last five years
MOJO Watch
Company is distributing higher proportion of profits generated as dividend

DPR (%)

Here's what is not working for Berkshire Hills Bancorp, Inc.

Non Performing Loans (%)
Highest at 0.83% and Grown
In each half year in the last four Semi-Annual periods
MOJO Watch
Proportion of stressed loans given by the bank are increasing

Non Performing Loans (%)

Interest
At USD 298.01 MM has Grown at 43.09%
over previous Semi-Annual period
MOJO Watch
Rising interest cost signifies increased borrowings

Interest Paid (USD MM)