National Bank of Greece (ADR) (NBG)

GotGlobal (< 20) Submitted: 1/18/07 11:48 PM : Start Price: $9.00 NBG Score: 1.98

The Greeks are strategically taking over southeastern European financial sectors with their long-term mindset on the growth of the Euro. They already have control of multiple neighboring banks even Turkey's Finansbank. They have made impressive bus...

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nickdanger74 (53.19) Submitted: 7/21/07 4:35 PM : Start Price: $12.07 NBG Score: -11.67

Should be consolidation in the european banking sector, and NBG is huge (trades for around 40 euros/share on the European exchanges). Dividend is okay. It has experienced significant growth recently, but I think there is lots of room to grow. Not ...

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sgottes (55.96) Submitted: 10/21/07 9:04 AM : Start Price: $11.54 NBG Score: 11.52

Too much exuberance. Optimistic target price (or reasonable value per ADR) is about $13.00. Rationality will prevail and price will stagnate for a period of time. Of course this might happen several years from now.

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pdxshogun (32.95) Submitted: 3/18/08 4:23 PM : Start Price: $10.02 NBG Score: -10.32

Turkey, Greece and Central Europe have excellent growth potential. Why not own a dominant bank in the region.

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khrushchv (75.65) Submitted: 8/02/08 12:29 AM : Start Price: $9.40 NBG Score: -10.82

The valuation here is ridiculous...here's a snippet based on a recent announcement by the CFO:

"The lender has said it plans an average annual profit growth of about 30 percent, doubling its bottom line by 2009 from 2006, when it reported ...

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booyahbullbeast (65.66) Submitted: 4/10/07 5:44 PM : Start Price: $10.80 NBG Score: -9.41

strong dividend although as jbolley says, payout ratio is quite suspect. and where is the 10k? is anyone knows let me know. thanks. definetely undervalued though, at least by my standards. even without the dividend. probably worthy of a true investme...

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baidewei (80.73) Submitted: 8/26/08 3:33 AM : Start Price: $8.41 NBG Score: -1.68

The National Bank of Greece is a "go" because not because the price of the stock has fallen recently. NBG is a go because the bank has moved outside of Greece to purchase other banks in countries that are nearby. Greece has a good location near the...

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ghalsey (70.31) Submitted: 12/05/07 3:18 PM : Start Price: $12.91 NBG Score: -17.90

NBG's location in emerging markets, as well as it's commanding share of the banking industry in regions that are on the cusp of EU membership; make it a long-term player in International Banking.

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legend007 (< 20) Submitted: 5/02/08 10:45 AM : Start Price: $11.08 NBG Score: -12.75

strong earning growth. low debt ratio. great dividend. strong moat being the biggest bank in Greece. Strong commercial lender with no exposure to subprime mess of U.S. Initiated stock buy back starting May 25 2008 to 2009. great divident and low p/e ...

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taxreform12 (48.11) Submitted: 5/20/07 2:38 AM : Start Price: $10.96 NBG Score: -7.20

Despite the recent concerns with religious issues, this stock has an amazing potential to soar. NBG is the largest bank in Greece and it currently pays nearly 7% D&Y. With expansion into the Turkish market (which I still foresee as being extremely po...

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