There was a time when Metro Retail Stores Group, Inc. carried the promise of a provincial retail champion that could scale into a larger national story. The long-term price chart still tells that tale: a stock that once inspired optimism, only to spend the better part of the next several years drifting lower and then settling into a far humbler range. Today, with MRSGI trading around ₱1.15–₱1.16 and with a 52-week high of just ₱1.34 , the market seems to be saying that whatever excitement fueled the stock in its earlier years is no longer the dominant narrative. We’ve been blogging for free. If you enjoy our content, consider supporting us! That market verdict is not hard to understand. Metro Retail is still growing in the narrow sense of posting higher sales, but it is not delivering the kind of growth that usually sends a stock back to old highs. For the first nine months of 2025, net sales rose 4.1% to ₱28.70 billion and rental income rose 10.9% to ₱307.2 million . Yet manage...
We’ve been blogging for free. If you enjoy our content, consider supporting us! Disclaimer: This is for informational purposes and is not investment advice. Figures are taken from company disclosures and exchange data; valuation ratios include the author’s calculations based on cited inputs. Universal Robina Corp.’s decision to sell a 21-percent stake in Nissin Universal Robina Corp. (NURC) to Nissin Foods Asia is the kind of transaction that management may describe as a “refinement” of a partnership — but investors are justified in reading it differently. Under the deal, URC will cut its ownership in the instant-noodle joint venture to 30 percent from 51 percent, while Nissin will take control at 70 percent. The sale covers 39.69 million shares, with the final consideration still to be determined by December 2026 using discounted cash flow and EV/EBITDA methods, and closing targeted for January 7, 2027 subject to regulatory approvals. The official explanation i...