I never thought I’d be writing this about OCBC (SGX:O39). For years, OCBC was the bank that quietly sat in the background of Singapore portfolios. DBS always stole the headlines. UOB got plenty of attention. And OCBC? It was often the “boring third bank.” Steady. Profitable. Dividend-paying. But boring. Chinese. Old-school. Then something changed. Over the past 12 months, OCBC has surged roughly 86%, climbing from a 52-week low of $16.19 to around $32.27 yesterday, just a whisker below its 52-week high of $32.57. That is not the kind of move you normally associate with a sleepy Singapore bank. And it creates an uncomfortable question: If the stock has already gone from $16 to $31, am I simply too late?
Maybe.
But after digging through the numbers, I’m not convinced the story is over.
In fact, I think $32.27 could still leave room for OCBC to surprise on the upside.
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