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Power Corp's Biggest Holding, Great-West, Starts the Year Strong; Increasing Fair Value Estimate

Suryansh Sharma

Power Corporation of Canada is a holding company and derives most of its underlying value from its ownership stakes in no-moat Great-West Life and narrow-moat IGM Financial. We estimate that Power Corporation's stake in two publicly listed companies accounts for approximately 85% of its overall value. The company has stated that rather than diversifying across industries, Power Corp. will focus on the financial services sector. The company simplified its ownership structure and reduced corporate costs after it acquired all the shares of Power Financial in a restructuring effort in 2020.

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Price vs Fair Value

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POW is trading within a range we consider fairly valued.
Price
CAD 39.14
Fair Value
CAD 53.00
Uncertainty
Medium
1-Star Price
CAD 99.80
5-Star Price
CAD 32.40
Economic Moat
Fdt
Capital Allocation
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Bulls Say, Bears Say

Bulls

Power Corporation's key holding of Great-West Life produces the best returns among the large Canada life insurers, driven by its expense management and strong underwriting.

Bears

Great-West Life offers a wide range of complex insurance products that exposes it to underwriting, investment, capital market, and interest-rate risks thereby making it difficult to predict the company’s overall risk exposure, especially during periods of economic turbulence.

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Trading Information

Previous Close Price
CAD 39.14
Day Range
CAD 38.15–39.30
52-Week Range
CAD 32.33–40.59
Bid/Ask
CAD 38.11 / CAD 38.26
Market Cap
CAD 24.83 Bil
Volume/Avg
6.0 Mil / 3.4 Mil

Key Statistics

Price/Earnings (Normalized)
8.15
Price/Sales
1.89
Dividend Yield (Trailing)
5.56%
Dividend Yield (Forward)
5.75%
Total Yield
5.56%

Company Profile

Power Corporation of Canada is a holding company with controlling interests in Great-West Life (an insurance conglomerate), IGM Financial (Canada's largest nonbank asset manager), and other alternative asset-management platforms (Sagard and Power Sustainable). The company also has minority interests in Groupe Bruxelles Lambert (a holding company with interests in European companies) and ChinaAMC (an asset manager in China).
Sector
Financial Services
Industry
Insurance - Life
Stock Style Box
Large Value
Total Number of Employees
40,300
Website
https://www.powercorporation.com

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Valuation

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Metric
POW
SLF
GWO
Price/Earnings (Normalized)
 8.1510.539.42
Price/Book Value
 2.081.621.51
Price/Sales
 1.891.271.78
Price/Cash Flow
 2.6629.612.85
Price/Earnings
POW
SLF
GWO

Financial Strength

Metric
POW
SLF
GWO
Quick Ratio
 ———
Current Ratio
 ———
Interest Coverage
 7.248.0010.37
Quick Ratio
No chart available

Profitability

Metric
POW
SLF
GWO
Return on Assets (Normalized)
 0.60%1.13%0.53%
Return on Equity (Normalized)
 37.09%16.22%15.68%
Return on Invested Capital (Normalized)
 8.04%12.58%10.51%
Return on Assets
POW
SLF
GWO
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