The Hidden Lottery Ticket in These Banks
Senior analyst Anand Chokkavelu explains how he was happily surprised by a 16% pop in the shares of central New York community bank Alliance Financial on Monday.
It's slated to be bought by NBT Bancorp in an all-stock deal (2.1779 shares of NBT for each share of Alliance), but the interesting thing for non-Alliance bank shareholders is the potential consolidation in the industry.
With about 7,200 FDIC-insured banks in the U.S. (hundreds of them public), there's a lot of room for mergers. While Anand doesn't think it's a good idea to buy a bank hoping to win the buyout lottery, buying smaller, undervalued banks occasionally pays off this way. This happened to be true for Alliance, but the shares he owns in small banks BancFirstand Great Southern Bancorp may not win the buyout lottery. And that's just fine with him, as he explains in the following video.
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Anand Chokkavelu owns shares in Alliance Financial, Great Southern Bancorp, BancFirst, JPMorgan, and Wells Fargo. He also owns warrants in JPMorgan and Wells Fargo. The Motley Fool owns shares of JPMorgan Chase, Bank of America, Wells Fargo, Great Southern Bancorp, BancFirst, and Citigroup and has created a covered strangle position in Wells Fargo.Motley Fool newsletter serviceshave recommended buying shares of Goldman Sachs. Try any of our Foolish newsletter servicesfree for 30 days. We Fools don't all hold the same opinions, but we all believe thatconsidering a diverse range of insightsmakes us better investors. The Motley Fool has adisclosure policy.
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