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My 2 Favorite Stocks That Investors Will Be Piling Into Next Year
ALLYAlly(ALLY) The Motley Fool·2024-11-09 08:42

Group 1: Coupang - Coupang is the largest e-commerce company in South Korea, with a stock price increase of 70% year to date, outperforming broader market indexes [3][4] - The company has nearly half of South Korea's population using its platform, generating close to 7billioninnetrevenuelastquarter,whichrepresentsa207 billion in net revenue last quarter, which represents a 20% year-over-year growth in constant currency [4] - Coupang's premium subscription service, Rocket Wow, offers ultra-fast delivery and various services, similar to Amazon Prime, enhancing customer attraction [5] - The company is diversifying beyond e-commerce with a fintech subsidiary and an internal food delivery service, Coupang Eats [6] - Coupang's Developing Offerings revenue line grew 347% year-over-year to 975 million last quarter, indicating strong growth potential [7] - Despite significant investments, Coupang generated a slight profit of 64millionlastquarterandhasamarketcapunder64 million last quarter and has a market cap under 50 billion, suggesting room for further stock price appreciation [8] Group 2: Ally Financial - Ally Financial is a leading online-only bank in the U.S., with over 100billionindepositsandapproximately3.26milliondepositors,asignificantincreasefromlessthan1millionin2014[9]Thebankoffershighinterestratesondepositsduetoloweroverheadcostsfromnothavingphysicalbranches,benefitingfromrecentFederalReserveinterestratehikes[10]Allysbalancesheetincludes100 billion in deposits and approximately 3.26 million depositors, a significant increase from less than 1 million in 2014 [9] - The bank offers high interest rates on deposits due to lower overhead costs from not having physical branches, benefiting from recent Federal Reserve interest rate hikes [10] - Ally's balance sheet includes 83.6 billion in retail auto loans and 23.9billionincommercialautoloans,generatingprofitfromthespreadbetweendepositinterestandloaninterest[11]Althoughdelinquencyratesonautomotiveloanshaverisenaboveprepandemiclevels,Allyremainsprofitablewith23.9 billion in commercial auto loans, generating profit from the spread between deposit interest and loan interest [11] - Although delinquency rates on automotive loans have risen above pre-pandemic levels, Ally remains profitable with 884 million in net income over the past 12 months and offers a dividend yield of 3.41% [12][13] - The stock trades at a P/E of 14, which is expected to appear even cheaper as loan delinquencies normalize, indicating potential for future earnings growth [13][14]