Banco Macro S.A. (BMA): Among Chris Rokos' Stock Picks with Huge Upside Potential

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10-05-2025

We recently published an article titled . In this article, we are going to take a look at where Banco Macro S.A. (NYSE:BMA) stands against Chris Rokos' other stock picks with huge upside potential.
One of the traits that define investors who become billionaires is the ability to make money regardless of market conditions. Chris Rokos is one example. For instance, in March 2025, the hedge fund gained 3.4% amid heightened volatility. At the same time, fellow big-name asset managers like Point72, Citadel, and Millennium struggled to handle the volatility.
Christopher Charles Rokos is a British hedge fund manager. He co-founded Brevan Howard in 2002 after nearly 10 years with Goldman Sachs, where he traded interest rate products. In 2015, he established Rokos Capital Management. The asset manager has approximately $20 billion worth of assets under management (AUM) as of 2025. Rokos is the fund's Chief Investment Officer (CIO).
The billionaire hedge fund manager made the most of Trump's election in November last year. According to a Bloomberg report, Rokos netted nearly $1 billion in profits in a single day following Trump's victory. This, according to the report, is a 'standout trading performance' since Rokos Capital started operating in 2015.
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And the winning didn't stop there. Since that election victory, Trump has fueled rallies and routs in almost equal measure. But, interestingly, Rokos keeps turning up profits regardless of market conditions. Thanks to the Trump-fueled rally in November 2024, Rokos Capital Management ended the year with 31% in returns.
In early April 2025, Trump's tariffs triggered a large sell-off, and many hedge funds lost money. But not Rokos. The asset manager advanced 4.5% in the first two weeks of the month. This gain helped the hedge fund's returns for the year to reach 8% as of mid-April 2025.
But whether Rokos Capital Management will keep winning this year is something that remains to be seen, especially in light of the conditions in the market. On Monday, May 5, 2025, the S&P 500 snapped out of a nine-day rally—the longest winning streak in 20 years. The broader market index fell 0.64%, while the Nasdaq shed 0.74% and the Dow lost 0.24%.
Market observers quoted by CNN put the decline on tariffs. For instance, Argent Capital Management's Jed Ellerbroek said that the 'market is intensely focused on where the tariff rates end up, and it's bouncing around day to day as those assessments change.'
Veteran technical strategist Tom DeMark told Bloomberg that a bear market is a likely scenario shortly. 'A top is imminent. Too much technical damage has been done. Stocks are vulnerable right now and can easily get hit pretty badly if anything quickly changes on the global trade outlook.'
However, it won't come as a surprise that Rokos Capital manages gains out of the bleak market (if the current predictions hold). They have done it before. As such, it appears wise to get an idea of the hedge fund's stock picks, especially those with a huge upside potential.
We combed through Rokos Capital Management's SEC Q4 2024 13F filings. We focused on the fund's most valuable equities holdings (excluding ETFs and options) and then ranked the stocks based on analyst price targets as of May 7, 2025. We picked stocks with an upside potential of at least 30% and then picked the top 10. We have also mentioned the broader hedge fund sentiment for these stocks, as of Q4 2024.
Why are we interested in the stocks that hedge funds pile into? The reason is simple: our research has shown that we can outperform the market by imitating the top stock picks of the best hedge funds. Our quarterly newsletter's strategy selects 14 small-cap and large-cap stocks every quarter and has returned 373.4% since May 2014, beating its benchmark by 218 percentage points ().
A trader on the floor of a bank's trading room, surrounded by sophisticated electronic equipment.Banco Macro S.A. (NYSE:BMA) is one of Argentina's largest private banks. Through its extensive network of 515 branches and 9,004 employees, the bank serves 6.12 million retail customers and over 201,233 corporate clients across 23 of Argentina's 24 provinces.
Banco Macro S.A.'s (NYSE:BMA) Q4 2024 earnings report was impressive. Net income totaled 102.2 billion pesos ($85.44 million) in the quarter, a 4% increase from the previous quarter. For the full year, the bank achieved a remarkable 327% year-over-year profit increase, with an efficiency ratio of 27.6%. The bank's total financing increased 18% quarter-over-quarter to 5.8 trillion pesos ($6.5 billion) and grew 45% year-over-year. Both peso and USD financing increased by 14% and 29%, respectively, throughout the fiscal year 2024.
Banco Macro S.A. (NYSE:BMA) has a healthy balance sheet and capital position. The bank reported an excess capital of 2.8 trillion pesos ($3.1 billion), a 32.4% Capital Adequacy Ratio under Basel III standards, and a 31.6% Tier 1 Ratio. Its liquid assets remained at a healthy level, reaching 79% of total deposits in Q4 2024. Additionally, the bank's non-performing to total financing ratio was just 1.28%, with a coverage ratio of 158.8%. This is evidence of excellent asset quality and risk management practices. Analysts hold a Moderate Buy opinion on the stock, and their 1-year median price target points to a 45.93% upside from current levels, as of May 7.
Overall BMA ranks 7th on our list of Chris Rokos' stock picks with huge upside potential. While we acknowledge the potential of BMA as an investment, our conviction lies in the belief that AI stocks hold greater promise for delivering higher returns and doing so within a shorter time frame. There is an AI stock that went up since the beginning of 2025, while popular AI stocks lost around 25%. If you are looking for an AI stock that is more promising than BMA but that trades at less than 5 times its earnings check out our report about this
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