Shopping at SM vs Investing Stocks of SM

Just how many times a typical Filipino shops or visits SM mall every month?

I hope it’s not countless because if it is, just imagine how much money going out your pocket to spend shopping.

Some people don’t shop often but still they have to spend few bucks to dine and eat or watch a movie or have fun in the people’s favorite mall.

In this post, I’m sharing about shopping at SM and investing stocks of SM.

Note that I’m referring to SMPH (SM Prime Holdings) not SM Investments Corporation here.

shopping at sm vs investing stocks of sm

“SMPH is the property arm of the SM Group with exposure to retail, office, residential, and tourism properties.

SMPH is also a good play on the Philippine consumer market as it is the biggest mall operator in the Philippines.

Despite its diversified property holdings, SMPH gets more than 70% of its income from malls and other rental properties making it a highly defensive property company.”–source: COL Financial

SMPH’s current Market Cap while I write this post is 489.61 Billion while its Revenue Growth is 28.29% making it a smart choice to invest for long term.

Shopping at SM vs Investing Stocks of SM

Many people can’t miss visiting malls coz it’s a great place that has it all – shops, movies, foods, games, friends hangout.

You’d surely have little stuff to spend to like petrol, lunch, coffee or that cute dress you just saw at Zara. A typical student who goes there every week spend around 3000 more or less every month without them noticing.

For instance let’s say you spend around 5000 every month shopping your favorite clothes, gadgets, or anything you fancy, watching movies or having fun at any mall like SM, you’re lessening your money or equity but adding profit to SM of course. You’re spending out around 60,000 a year if you’re really into that every month.

What if you invest that 5000 by buying shares of stocks of SMPH instead of splurging it with your mall rituals?

buying stocks of sm philippines

For instance, you save 5000 every month and invest it buying stocks of SMPH. You started that 6 years ago, in 72 months your investments would be valued around 692,694.

How would you like being a millionaire few more months? 🙂 If you want, join DailyPik now and start investing on stocks.

About Fehl Dungo

Founder of DailyPik, entrepreneur, and tech investor. She has a Degree in Accountancy and background in Finance. She analyzes stocks everyday. Copy her trades on eToro Connect with Fehl on Facebook

11 thoughts on “Shopping at SM vs Investing Stocks of SM”

  1. I always tell people your philosophy about shopping at my favorite mall, and me and my wife go there, every day, and we first buy coffee at the French Cafe, or Russian Cafe, then it is off to lunch, at The Adobo Connection, then, once a month, to the Chinese health store to buy daddy ko his male aides, so I added it up and the total was between 16,000.00 ph to 18,000.00 and this did not count the market, which was around 6 to 8 K a week, because of milk and diapers for our son, which is going down, since he is getting older so we lost a lot of investment opportunities in any investment…We have since cut way back, but good story…Hate to say it, it will not help many, because no one will give up their time at the mall…It is the, “One Stop Sopping,” for many of us, so it adds up fast…You even buy your sheol there, hygiene products, laundry, hardware, furniture and one note is, prices at SM, are much higher than in the USA…Tooth paste is around 45 to 50 php in USA but in Philippines, it is over 150 php up to 300 php, same with CR paper, shampoo, everything and veggies, in the Philippines, OMG, go to the wet market, SM and Robinson’s is out of control…This is due to price gouging from no competition

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  2. Hi fehl,
    I wanted to invest either smph or ayala corp, with bpi trade for 5yrs, for at least 5k/month. My problem is i do not have time to personally buy n sell my stocks since i’am employed, an entrepreneur and reviewing for board exam at the same time, is there a stock broker from bpi who could manage my investment?

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    • Hi, I don’t know if BPI trade has a feature wherein you can set up automatic schedule of buying of chosen stocks. COL Financial has it, it’s called EIP (Easy Investment Program). That feature will let you invest for example every 15th of the month or any date you’ve set up, any amount you want, at your approval.

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  3. Hello Fehl, do you have new F5 from your Magic 10? Only 1 of the F5 has the ‘Buy’ signal, although I follow the Undervalued stocks as well.

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    • That’s because some of them are near to their TP and that’s a good thing 🙂 If you’re looking for more stocks to buy other than these 10, our Undervalued Stocks list can be another option

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  4. Hi miss Fehl.I would like to open a trading account so that i can buy stocks from local companies and international.And about stock brokers, is there such a thing as local brokers ? I mean the ones who has only access to local companies. Or every stock broker has access to every company in the world to buy stock?

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    • Hi, the stocks brokers under PSE are only involved with trading stocks listed in the Phil. Stocks Exchange. If you want to trade stocks from other stock markets (international) you have to open other broker’s account serving those listed companies.

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  5. Hi,

    One quick question, on how can i join in investing stock of SM? Would appreciate if you could email me the details please at. Thank you

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