Brazil faces limited catalysts across rates, valuations and earnings

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Brazil faces limited catalysts across rates, valuations and earnings

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Brazil faces limited catalysts across rates,

valuations and earnings

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Key takeaways 26 June 2026

Investment Strategy• Valuations remain unconvincing, as Brazil trades broadly in line with historicals once

Latin America adjusted for rates.

• Earnings expectations for domestic sectors in Brazil continue to be revised down.

This week in numbers

Performance of the week, USD terms: The Ibovespa +1.5%, Mexbol -1.6%, versus the

S&P 500 -1.9%, EM -1.7% in USD total return terms. Oil is down 7%. Our quantitative

screen of “Brazilian Magnificent 7” stocks, (Mercado Libre, Nubank, WEG, BTG Pactual,

Raia Drogasil, Localiza, and Itaú), which has a growth bias, is +3% this week. Our

“Unforgettable 7” screening (Petrobras, Vale, JBS, Banco do Brasil, Ambev, Bradesco, DavidBz Econ/FIBeker& LatAm>> EQ Strategy

Gerdau), which has a value bias, is -0.2% this week. Merrill Lynch (Brazil)

+55 11 2188 4371

Valuations in Brazil remain unconvincing. Brazil ex‑commodities trades at a 6% david.beker@bofa.com

discount to its historical average (12m forward P/E). However, once we adjust for the PaulaLatAm AndreaEquity StrategistSoto, CFA >>

current level of interest rates, that discount largely disappears, with Ibov Merrill Lynch (Brazil)

+55 11 2188 4226

ex‑commodities now trading in line with its historical relationship to rates (Exhibit 2). paula.soto@bofa.com

While further hikes are not our base case, risks have increased at the margin (see Carlos Peyrelongue >>

Emerging Insight report). Mex Eq Strat/Research Analyst

Merrill Lynch (Mexico)

+52 55 5201 3276

Earnings expectations for domestic sectors continue to be revised down. carlos.peyrelongue@bofa.com