BEST COMPANIES IN PSE STOCK MARKET FOR LONG TERM TRADING

1. Ayala Land, In.(ALI) cis a property developer. The Company offers a mix of residential spaces, shopping centers, offices, hotels and resorts, convenience stores and healthcare facilities. The Company's business lines include Property Development Residential Business, Commercial Leasing Shopping Centers and Services Construction. Property Development Residential Business includes sale of residential lots, house and lot packages, condominium units, office units, and commercial and industrial lots. Commercial Leasing Shopping Centers includes development and lease of shopping centers and office spaces; operation of movie theaters, food courts, entertainment facilities and carparks in these shopping centers; management and operations of malls; and development and management of eco-resorts, among others. Services Construction includes land development and construction of projects; operation of water and sewage treatment facilities, and distribution of district cooling systems, among others.
2. BDO Unibank, Inc. (BDO) is a banking company, which offers an array of products and Services, including retail banking, lending (corporate, commercial, consumer, and small and medium enterprise (SME)), treasury, trust, credit cards, corporate cash management and remittances. It operates in segments: Commercial banking, which handles the lending (corporate and consumer), trade financing and cash management services for corporate and retail customers; Investment banking, which provides services to corporate clients outside the traditional loan and deposit products; Private banking, which provides traditional and non-traditional investment and structured products to high net worth individuals and institutional accounts; Leasing and financing, which provides direct leases, sale and leaseback arrangements and real estate leases, and Others, which includes asset management, insurance brokerage, realty management, remittance, accounting service, credit card service and computer service.
3. Jollibee Foods Corporation(JFC) is a food service company. The Company and its subsidiaries (Jollibee Group) are engaged in the development, operation and franchising of quick serve restaurants under the trade names Jollibee, Chowking, Greenwich, Red Ribbon, Yong He King, Hong Zhuang Yuan, Mang Inasal, Burger King, San Pin Wang and 12 Hotpot. The Company operates through three segments: food service, franchising and leasing. The food service segment is involved in the operation of quick service restaurants and the manufacture of food products, which are sold to Jollibee Group-owned and franchised quick service restaurant outlets. The franchising segment is involved in franchising of the Jollibee Group's quick service restaurant store concepts. The leasing segment leases store sites to the Jollibee Group's independent franchisees. It is also engaged in manufacturing and property leasing of the quick service restaurant systems. It operates approximately 2,913 stores across the world.
4. SM Investments Corporation(SM) is a holding company. The Company is the holding company of the SM Group of Companies. The Company has three operating segments: property, retail, and financial services and others. The property segment is involved in mall, residential and commercial development and hotels and convention centers operations. The retail segment is engaged in the retail/wholesale trading of merchandise, such as dry goods, wearing apparels, food and other merchandise. The financial services and others segment primarily includes engaging in asset management and capital investments, and associates, which are involved in financial services. In property, it operates through SM Prime, a real estate company. In retail, it operates through the SM Store, which provides a range of fashion, houseware, general merchandise and lifestyle products. In banking, it operates through BDO Unibank, Inc. and China Banking Corporation.
5. Universal Robina Corporation (URC) is a Philippines-based food product company. The Company is engaged in a range of food-related businesses, including the manufacture and distribution of branded consumer foods and is also in commodities and in agro industrial businesses of farms. The Company operates its food business through three segments: branded consumer foods, agro-industrial products and commodity food products. Its branded consumer foods segment manufactures and distributes a mix of salty snacks, chocolates, candies, biscuits, bakery products, beverages, instant noodles and pasta, and tomato-based products. The Company’s agro-industrial products segment operates in three divisions, such as hog and poultry farming; the manufacture and distribution of animal feeds, glucose and soya products, and the production and distribution of animal health products. The Company’s commodity food products segment is engaged in sugar milling and refining.