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Alior Bank SAALR.WACompetitor analysis, valuation and peers

Poland · PLN·Financials›Regional Banks

Mid-size Polish universal bank majority owned by state insurer PZU, offering retail and corporate banking.

≈ A mid-size Polish universal bank (PZU-controlled)Momentum strong 73
Mkt cap
$4.59B
US dollars, full cap
Free float
68%
of shares outstanding
$/day
$10.7M
20-day average traded
P/B
1.42×
price to book
ROE
15.6%
delivered
Implied ROE
20.0%
what the price asks
Next earnings
117 days
3 Mar 2027
Close · PLNPLN 137.80
1D+0.2%
1W+3.3%
1M+6.3%
3M+3.1%
6M+14.9%
YTD+24.8%
1Y+32.6%
ATR %3.1%
52w lowhigh4.1% off high

What Alior Bank does

Mid-size Polish universal bank majority owned by state insurer PZU, offering retail and corporate banking.

Earns mostly net interest on consumer, mortgage and business loans funded by deposits, with fees from accounts, cards and the insurance and investment products it sells. PZU, a state-controlled insurer, is the largest shareholder. The bank became known for fast-growing consumer lending and digital accounts.

In one line: A mid-size Polish universal bank (PZU-controlled).

Products and services

  • Retail banking
  • Corporate/SME banking
  • Consumer/mortgage lending
  • Digital banking

Customers

  • Retail customers and businesses in Poland

Where it sits in the supply chain

  • Banking
  • Universal/retail banking
  • Corporate & SME banking

What could go right

  • Rising rate NIM benefit
  • PZU group synergies

What could go wrong

  • Credit risk in economic downturn
  • Competition from larger state banks

Moat: narrow (switching costs, distribution). Established retail/corporate banking franchise with digital banking capabilities, backed by PZU ownership.

Headquarters: Warsaw, Poland · Founded: 2008 · Employees: 6,740

Named competitors

Alior Bank at a glance

Size Alior Bank (ALR.WA) is a Poland Financials company (Regional Banks) with a market value of $4.59B, the 22nd largest of 83 Poland companies the cockpit tracks. Shares closed at PLN 137.80 on 6 Nov 2026.

Performance Over six months the shares gained 14.9%, against +7.8% for the median peer and +14.3% for the Poland market (cap-weighted) — 4th highest of 21 in its peer set.

Growth Revenue fell 7.0% over the last twelve months (peer median +3.1%); the operating margin is 45.2% (peer median 43.7%).

Valuation It trades at 1.42× book value against a peer median of 1.27× (7th most expensive of 21).

Price implies The share price implies a return on equity of about 20.0%; Alior Bank delivers 15.6%, so the price asks more than the business earns today.

Next results Next results expected around 3 Mar 2027 (exchange calendar; dates can move).

Relative performance

10011011 May 202611 Aug 20266 Nov 2026ALR.WA 112Peer median 109
Six months, rebased to 100: Alior Bank against the median of its 20 peers (local-currency closes).

Alior Bank financials

Reported figures in PLN; fiscal year ends 2025-12-31. TTM = trailing twelve months.
TTMFY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022
RevenuePLN 7.83BPLN 8.33BPLN 8.66BPLN 9.36BPLN 7.09B
Revenue growth—-4%-8%+32%—
Net incomePLN 1.93BPLN 2.37BPLN 2.45BPLN 2.03BPLN 683M
Free cash flowPLN 2.87BPLN 2.90BPLN 1.29BPLN 2.93BPLN 1.80B
Capital expenditurePLN 273MPLN 239MPLN 189MPLN 170MPLN 150M
Total debtPLN 3.39BPLN 2.64BPLN 2.43BPLN 4.35BPLN 2.98B

Quarterly statements and history in the cockpit →

Alior Bank competitor charts

The default views of Competitor Analysis ▸ Charts, drawn from the same data. Open them in the cockpit to change the axes, pin companies and read every value.

Performance: 6-month against 1-month return

0%+10%+20%-10%0%+10%SFBSUCB002948NOBABENCATYIBOCBEKNBHWEBCZUGER8377CVBFINDBGGALFBPIFS7337BANFALR.WA6-month return →1-month return →
Up and to the right = strong over both horizons. Alior Bank is the large dot.

Fundamentals: return on equity against price-to-book

5%10%15%10×1.50×20×SFBSUCB002948NOBABENCATYIBOCBEKNBHWEBCZUGER8377CVBFINDBGGALFBPIFS7337BANFALR.WAReturn on equity →Price / book →
A bank or insurer earning more on its equity usually trades at a higher multiple of book; points far above the trend are priced for more. Alior Bank is the large dot.

Capital: ROE delivered against the ROE the price implies

5%10%15%20%10%20%SFBSUCB002948NOBABENCATYIBOCBHWEBC8377GGALFBPIFS7337BANF2834ALR.WAROE delivered →ROE the price implies →
Above the diagonal = the price asks for a higher return on equity than the business earns today. Alior Bank is the large dot.

Alior Bank competitors and peer comparison

Head to head with its named competitors (ALR.WA vs PKO.WA vs MBK.WA vs BHW.WA)
CompanyMarket cap6M returnRevenue growthROEPrice / bookImplied ROE
Alior Bank ALR.WA$4.59B+15%-7%16%1.42×20.0%
PKO Bank Polski PKO.WA$36.5B+18%-2%20%2.56×31.9%
mBank MBK.WA$17.7B+37%-1%19%3.05×37.6%
Bank Handlowy w Warszawie BHW.WA$4.09B+7%-22%17%1.72×17.1%

How Alior Bank compares with its peers

Peer set: Industry: the same industry and sector in any market, nearest in size. This is the same default set the interactive Competitor Analysis opens with.

Alior Bank against its 20 peers (data as of 6 Nov 2026)
MeasureALR.WAPeer medianRank in peer set
1-month return+6.3%+3.8%9th highest of 21
6-month return+14.9%+7.8%4th highest of 21
Return on equity15.6%9.6%6th highest of 21
Price / book1.42×1.27×7th most expensive of 21
Trailing P/E9.3×12.8×4th cheapest of 19
ROE the price implies20.0%9.8%most demanding of 19
ROE delivered15.6%9.6%6th highest of 21

Peer table

Peer set: Industry: the same industry and sector in any market, nearest in size
CompanyMarketMarket cap6M returnRevenue growthROEPrice / bookImplied ROEDelivered ROE
Alior Bank ALR.WAPoland$4.59B+15%-7%16%1.42×20.0%15.6%
ServisFirst Bancshares SFBSUnited States$4.49B+2%+5%18%2.21×17.2%17.9%
United Community Banks UCBUnited States$4.43B+11%-18%4%1.26×10.9%4.1%
Bank of Qingdao 002948.SZChina$4.78B+3%+3%13%0.85×5.0%12.9%
Noba Bank NOBA.STSweden$4.81B+20%+6%17%1.82×6.9%17.0%
Bendigo & Adelaide Bank BEN.AXAustralia$4.36B+5%-6%6%0.93×11.0%5.6%
Cathay General Bancorp CATYUnited States$4.24B+12%+3%12%1.39×11.8%12.2%
International Bancshares IBOCUnited States$4.20B-8%+2%13%1.25×9.8%12.9%
Berner Kantonalbank BEKN.SWSwitzerland$5.07B+17%-4%7%1.34×n/a6.6%
Bank Handlowy w Warszawie BHW.WAPoland$4.09B+7%-22%17%1.72×17.1%16.7%
Eastern Bankshares EBCUnited States$5.22B+14%+61%10%1.23×9.6%9.5%
Zuger Kantonalbank ZUGER.SWSwitzerland$4.04B+8%-10%8%2.03×n/a8.3%
Hokuhoku Financial 8377.TJapan$5.25B+53%+27%10%1.10×7.7%9.7%
CVB Financial CVBFUnited States$3.99B+12%+23%9%1.27×9.8%8.6%
Independent Bank INDBUnited States$3.94B+8%+25%9%1.14×9.5%9.3%
Grupo Financiero Galicia SA Sponsored ADR GGALUnited States$5.36B-30%+3%2%0.76×9.6%2.0%
First Bancorp FBPUnited States$3.92B+8%+3%19%2.09×15.7%19.4%
Intercorp Financial Services IFSUnited States$5.38B+4%+9%17%1.36×10.5%17.4%
Hirogin 7337.TJapan$3.89B+9%+26%8%0.99×7.4%8.2%
BancFirst BANFUnited States$3.87B+2%-3%14%1.94×12.7%13.6%
Taiwan Business Bank 2834.TWTaiwan$5.46B+7%-16%9%1.23×4.5%9.2%

Questions

Who are Alior Bank's main competitors?
Named competitors: PKO Bank Polski (PKO.WA), Bank Pekao (private or unlisted), mBank (MBK.WA), Bank Handlowy (BHW.WA). The cockpit's measured peer set (industry) also includes ServisFirst Bancshares (SFBS), United Community Banks (UCB), Bank of Qingdao (002948.SZ), Noba Bank (NOBA.ST), Bendigo & Adelaide Bank (BEN.AX), Cathay General Bancorp (CATY).
Is Alior Bank expensive compared with its peers?
On price / book it trades at 1.42× against a peer median of 1.27×, 7th most expensive of 21 in its peer set. The share price implies a return on equity of about 20.0%; Alior Bank delivers 15.6%, so the price asks more than the business earns today.
How has Alior Bank stock performed?
Over six months to 6 Nov 2026 the shares returned +14.9% against +7.8% for the median peer; over one year +32.6%.

How these numbers are made. Returns are close-to-close in local currency. Revenue growth and margins are trailing twelve months. Req g is the revenue growth that today's enterprise value requires for seven years at the company's own cost of capital; Delivered g is what it actually grew; the gap is the hurdle (honest precision about ±8 points, so read the ranking more than the decimal). No fair values, price targets or analyst ratings are shown, by design. Method and validation.