URC (Universal Robina Corporation) is among our top 5 permanent stocks for long term here in DailyPik.
I’m sharing here the reasons why URC, the big company founded by John L. Gokongwei, Jr., is on our top 5 stock picks.
URC is and has been a major part of every Filipino’s life.
Who could forget Cloud 9, Nips, Big Bang and Chooey Choco?
We loved them when we were just little kids and we still love them until now.
What about Mr. Chips, Piattos, V-cut, Chippy, Chiz Curls, Nova and Roller Coaster and other Jack ‘n Jill chips?
The little candies like Maxx, Dynamite, X.O. and Star Pops lollipops will always be part of our busy life.
I’m sure everyone knows Payless instant noodles and C2 Green Tea.
Those products mentioned are only among the thousands of products produced by URC.
To sum up, here are the best reasons why we should invest stocks of URC for long term.
Why you should invest URC stocks
- Food is king. URC is the market leader in numerous snack food categories.
- URC’s corporate life is 50 years old already and I’m sure it will be here for another 50 years or more.
- URC also has agro-industrial products and commodity food products
- It has whole and majority ownership to CFC Clubhouse Property, Inc.; CFC Corporation; Bio-Resource Power Generation Corporation; Southern Negros Development Corporation; Nissin-URC; URC Philippines, Limited; URC International Co. Ltd.; Universal Robina (Cayman), Ltd.; and URC China Commercial Co., Ltd. (source: PSE)
- URC’s products are distributed to approximately 120,000 outlets in the country. Yes, that includes SM 🙂
- They also export their products
- Stock price is not that expensive compared to other big companies (around 190 as of now). I know stock prices are not so relevant to the real value of a company but for a giant company like URC, I think it’s safe to say it’s perfect for long term.
- Their stocks are not typically cyclical and seasonal
If you bought 5000 shares of URC stocks 4 years ago, its value as of now is around 950,000.
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Hi Ms Fehl,
I am choosing between URC and JGS, Please help me decide which one should I purchase. I’m maintaining only 10 stocks and the one I will choose between the 2 will be my 10th. I’m into long term investing so which of the 2 will you recommend? I will await your advice. Thank you in advance.
Best regards,
Faith
hello Ms. Fehl. Happy New Year sa iyo, gusto kong mag invest ng stock sa URC, kaya lang di ko alam kung paano ko uumpisahan. Please help me naman. looking forward sa reply mo. thanks
Happy New Year! The first step is open an online broker account. I recommend COL Financial, BDO Nomura, BPI Trade, Philstocks. Next step, fund your account. Then, you can start investing URC stocks. You can find the guides how to do that here: https://philpad.com/stock-market-tutorials-philippines-complete-guide/
Hi Fehl, is URC still a good buy?
Hi Ms. Fehl,
I got your reply on my previous query. Thank you, as of now I’m already investing thru COL. But as a beginner, I’m still getting the hang of it. May I know how to know whether a certain company stock is undervalued or not?
Thank you!
Hi Ms.Fehl…i just want to invest 5k for begging..monthly po ba ito na 5k or one time investment lang to?
Hi Ms. Fehl,
Thank you for this wonderful blog. You are truly a blessing! May God bless you more.. ???? ????????
Hi, i just want to ask your thoughts about the incoming IPO of MONDE NISSIN and do you think it is good stock for long term investment?
I have a feelin it will fly like URC.
Thank you so much.
I might flip it but not use it for long term.
hmm, ok po, salamat.
Hi Ms. Fehl… Managed to catch some URC shares @ 189.80… What do you think is the best BBP for this Premium stock? TIA
Right now as I write this comment, BBP for URC is 190 and TP is 228. Follow that if you’re flipping it, you’ll gain around 20% or more
Hello ms fehl, i’ve been reading ur blog for a quite sometime. It’s very helpful for the newbies like me. What do you think about FPH and MPI, are they good for a long term investment? Your answer is highly appreciated.
FPH is good for flipping, MPI is great for both flipping and long term investing
Thank u ms fehl????????????
Im a beginner I would like to know if you need an online broker if you want to buy/sell stocks?
Miss fehl how would you know if its too high to buy ..for example URC ,, not only in URC but also other companies..how do you know the limits not to buy..
Hi. I personally use different sources like brokers and financial reports for the fair value of the stocks. With URC, I buy for it every month although I have some data like FV and BBP as well. URC is among the Big 5 stocks I follow here in DailyPik.
Hi Ms. Fhel. Just wanna ask question, JGS the parent company of CEB and URC is consistently performing great in the stock market, may i know your insight why it is not included in your top 10 picks?
It’s not currently cheap or undervalued but we’re open for it once it’s good to invest soon
where will I go to buy URC stocks?
You can use your online broker platform such as COL Financial or BPI Trade. If you don’t have any yet, open one.
Hi Ms. Fhel, what time is the market open?
9:30am
one of my fave stocks, you just need to be patient with URC abang ka lang sa pagbaba at abang sa pagtaas
made good profits from this stock a lot of times already
Congrats!
Hi,
I find your blog helpful as I would like to invest in stocks. May I know if there is a minimum number of stocks you can buy?
Thank you
Minimum stocks you mean companies or shares? You can buy from many companies as you want. It’s up to you. As to shares, you can also buy using boardlot or oddlot, again it’s up to you 🙂
Hi Ms. Fehl,what is the boardlot for URC?
Hi Ms. Fehl,
When is the best time to buy stocks? some of my friends are telling me that before or after election? correct me if I’am wrong po. thanks. more power.
The answer depends upon on the strategy of the investor: if you’re into long term investing, the right time is yesterday or now than later or tomorrow. If you’re into active trading or swing trading, you time the market or the economy.
hi miss fhel, can you explain me about this post of yours
If you bought 5000 shares of URC stocks 4 years ago, its value as of now is around 950,000.
is this mean that if you invest P5000, in 4years it will make P950,000??? correct me on this…
and what other company is good to invest? thank you in advance.
URC price today is 200ish so if you have 5000 shares, its value is around 1 million right now, higher than when it was 950,000 when I wrote this post 🙂
You can see our recommended stocks at our Stock Picks at the tab above. See Magic 10
hi ms. fehl,
is it ideal to buy shares for urc as of now? some said that the current price is too high and advised me to wait more until it goes down a bit. my only concern is, if i wait longer, what if it continue to go up instead. could you please advise? im actually undecided, thanks in advance.
nom
Hi. It depends upon your strategy. In my personal approach, URC is one of those stocks I invest for long term. I buy shares of it monthly no matter what the price is (with exemption of course when it’s obviously too expensive). I follow Magic 10 and URC is one of the Big 5 stocks, one of my priorities. 🙂 You should check out our post about URC here and why should you invest it too.
Just want to thank you Ms. Fehl for this AWESOME thing you’re doing. Mabuhay po kayo at God bless you po! 🙂