First Gen Corporation, set up in 1998, is the Philippines’ third-largest electricity generator.
Frederico Lopez is the Chairman and CEO, and Profitable Growth has improved to average rank in the past 12 months under his leadership.
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Read MorePuregold Price Club Incorporated is the second-largest food retailer in the Philippines, catering to both end consumers and resellers. The company sells consumer goods through its 291 stores.
Leonardo Dayao has been the president of the company since 1998. In the last five-year period, both profitability and sales growth have remained high.
Read MoreDMCI Holdings Incorporated is a major Philippines-based conglomerate. In the past, its core business was construction, but power, mining and property development have recently become its main profit sources.
Isidro Consunji took full control of the company from his father, founder David Consunji, at the end of 2014. The younger Consunji’s leadership has shown successful thus far.
Read MoreLT Group Incorporated is one of the largest conglomerates in the Philippines with investments in banking, tobacco, beverages, real estate and alcohol. Dr. Lucio C. Tan is both the Chairman of the Board and the CEO, since 1995.
Read MoreMalaysia has not been a “Buy” in Asia for the past five years. Analysts have been conservative with EPS growth estimates, but earnings have fallen each year from 2013 to 2015. For 2016, however, EPS is expected to grow by 11%.
Read MoreBloomberry Resorts Corp is a holding company that focuses on managing and operating high-end hotel & casino complexes in the Philippines and South Korea.
While 2014 was a fantastic year for BLOOM, the company has fallen to the lowest ranking for profitable growth the last two years under Razon’s leadership.
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Read MoreIf we begin with consensus recommendations, we can see that the bottom-up country relative consensus recommendations and analysts’ recommendations have been gradually improving over the past five years. Certain analysts are now calling the country a “Buy”.
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