Provides banking services to retail and commercial clients in Peru. Offers transactional accounts like cuenta sueldo and cuenta simple. Now — the numbers.
This is an established company with proven profits.
Average growth of 10% a year over the last 4 years. Every year shown ended in profit.
The market pays 11.2× for every dollar of annual profit — cheap, which is either an opportunity or a warning.
Against companies in its own sector, it looks cheaper than 95% of them.
Analysts' average target sits 44% below today's price.
We compared this company with its own sector across five subjects.
A score of 50 means class average.
Profit power and business quality lead the class.
For a bank, strength is measured by capital buffers and reserves — not cash minus debt.
The price looks reasonable next to what the company earns.
Sales are growing strongly for its sector.
Clearly above the class average — a step short of the very top.
No real weak spot in any of the five subjects — a balanced report card.
The stock trades below its recent peak — about 10% off the top. A pullback, not a collapse.
The net profit margin is 20% — still a thick cushion, though costs have been eating into it lately.
Over the last 4 years, sales grew about 10% a year on average.
It met or beat analyst expectations in 7 of the last 8 quarters — consistency is a promise kept.
Over the last 12 months, executives reported 183 sells against just 13 buys. Not an alarm bell by itself, but a number worth watching.
The stock trades 44% above the average analyst price target.
On our five-subject report card, IFS sits near the top of the class. A high grade doesn’t mean “guaranteed win” — it means “the evidence looks strong for now.”
The takeaway: IFS is an established business that has proven its profits for years. The real debate here isn’t the price — it’s whether the company can keep up this pace.
The total grade weighs these five subjects against the sector — it isn’t a simple average of the five.
Not covered, because the filings we hold do not carry it: the revenue breakdown.