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CaixaBank SACABK.MCCompetitor analysis, valuation and peers

Spain · EUR·Financials›Regional Banks

Spain's largest domestic retail bank by branches, providing banking, insurance, and asset management mainly to Spanish households and SMEs.

≈ A Spanish regional bank akin to US BancorpMomentum neutral 40
Mkt cap
$91.9B
US dollars, full cap
Free float
51%
of shares outstanding
$/day
$94.3M
20-day average traded
P/B
2.05×
price to book
ROE
16.5%
delivered
Implied ROE
13.3%
what the price asks
Official | Implied
BBB+ / —
agencies · bond market
Next earnings
91 days
5 Feb 2027
Close · EUR€11.76
1D-1.1%
1W+5.0%
1M-1.1%
3M-9.2%
6M+7.1%
YTD+12.5%
1Y+25.7%
ATR %2.9%
52w lowhigh13.3% off high

What CaixaBank does

Spain's largest domestic retail bank by branches, providing banking, insurance, and asset management mainly to Spanish households and SMEs.

Earns from the lending spread and from selling insurance and pension products through its branches, notably through its VidaCaixa insurance unit. The 2021 merger with the state-rescued Bankia made it the biggest retail network in Spain. The la Caixa foundation, through Criteria, is the largest shareholder.

In one line: A Spanish regional bank akin to US Bancorp.

Products and services

  • Retail banking
  • Bancassurance (life/non-life insurance)
  • Asset management
  • SME/corporate banking

Customers

  • Spanish retail households
  • Spanish SMEs

Where it sits in the supply chain

  • Financial services
  • Retail banking & bancassurance
  • Deposits, lending, insurance…

What could go right

  • Spanish domestic rate environment
  • Post-merger cost synergies

What could go wrong

  • Concentration in Spanish domestic economy
  • Rate cycle turning

Moat: narrow (scale, distribution, brand). Largest branch network in Spain following the Bankia merger gives unmatched domestic deposit reach.

Headquarters: Valencia, Spain · Founded: 2011 · Employees: 47,120

Named competitors

CaixaBank at a glance

Size CaixaBank (CABK.MC) is a Spain Financials company (Regional Banks) with a market value of $91.9B, the 5th largest of 97 Spain companies the cockpit tracks. Shares closed at €11.76 on 6 Nov 2026.

Performance Over six months the shares gained 7.1%, against +8.0% for the median peer and +8.2% for the Spain market (cap-weighted) — 9th lowest of 21 in its peer set.

Growth Revenue fell 2.2% over the last twelve months (peer median +3.8%); the operating margin is 51.8% (peer median 33.7%).

Valuation It trades at 2.05× book value against a peer median of 1.27× (5th most expensive of 21).

Price implies The share price implies a return on equity of about 13.3%; CaixaBank delivers 16.5%, so the price asks less than the business earns today.

Credit CaixaBank has 40 bonds outstanding ($39.9B), rated BBB+ by the agencies.

Next results Next results expected around 5 Feb 2027 (exchange calendar; dates can move).

Relative performance

10011012011 May 202611 Aug 20266 Nov 2026Peer median 109CABK.MC 107
Six months, rebased to 100: CaixaBank against the median of its 20 peers (local-currency closes).

CaixaBank financials

Reported figures in EUR; fiscal year ends 2025-12-31. TTM = trailing twelve months.
TTMFY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022
Revenue€23.7B€26.6B€29.1B€26.5B€17.6B
Revenue growth—-9%+10%+51%—
Net income€6.46B€5.61B€5.52B€4.54B€2.87B
Free cash flown/a€42.0B€30.2B€8.26B-€62.6B
Capital expendituren/a€977M€755M€801M€916M
Total debt€80.9B€85.5B€77.5B€84.5B€84.9B

Quarterly statements and history in the cockpit →

CaixaBank 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

-10%0%+10%+20%-20%-10%0%+10%SBINCM1658ICICIBANK7182601166TFCNUACA600000CBK2891BMPS105560600919002142MTB8308FCNCACABK.MC6-month return →1-month return →
Up and to the right = strong over both horizons. CaixaBank is the large dot.

Fundamentals: return on equity against price-to-book

7.5%10%12.5%15%10×20×30×SBINCM1658ICICIBANK7182601166TFCNUACA600000FITBCBK2891BMPS105560600919002142MTBFCNCACABK.MCReturn 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. CaixaBank is the large dot.

Capital: ROE delivered against the ROE the price implies

0%10%20%30%0%20%SBINCM1658ICICIBANK7182601166NU600000FITBCBK2891BMPS600919002142CABK.MCROE delivered →ROE the price implies →
Above the diagonal = the price asks for a higher return on equity than the business earns today. CaixaBank is the large dot.

CaixaBank competitors and peer comparison

Head to head with its named competitors (CABK.MC vs SAN.MC vs BBVA.MC vs SAB.MC)
CompanyMarket cap6M returnRevenue growthROEPrice / bookImplied ROE
CaixaBank CABK.MC$91.9B+7%-2%16%2.05×13.3%
Banco Santander SAN.MC$174B+4%+15%13%1.40×17.1%
Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria BBVA.MC$140B+20%+9%20%2.15×24.8%
Banco de Sabadell SAB.MC$19.2B+8%-35%5%1.40×15.5%

How CaixaBank 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.

CaixaBank against its 20 peers (data as of 6 Nov 2026)
MeasureCABK.MCPeer medianRank in peer set
1-month return-1.1%+3.5%7th lowest of 21
6-month return+7.1%+8.0%9th lowest of 21
Return on equity16.5%10.5%2nd highest of 21
Price / book2.05×1.27×5th most expensive of 21
Trailing P/E12.7×11.7×10th most expensive of 20
ROE the price implies13.3%9.1%7th most demanding of 21
ROE delivered16.5%10.6%2nd highest of 20

Peer table

Peer set: Industry: the same industry and sector in any market, nearest in size
CompanyMarketMarket cap6M returnRevenue growthROEPrice / bookImplied ROEDelivered ROE
CaixaBank CABK.MCSpain$91.9B+7%-2%16%2.05×13.3%16.5%
State Bank of India SBIN.NSIndia$99.5B-7%+6%15%1.40×20.7%14.6%
Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce CM.TOCanada$105B+8%0%16%2.50×20.1%15.6%
Postal Savings Bank of China 1658.HKHong Kong$71.2B+10%+2%9%0.54×5.7%8.8%
ICICI Bank ICICIBANK.NSIndia$119B+23%+8%16%2.89×36.7%16.3%
Japan Post Bank 7182.TJapan$65.5B+7%+39%7%1.11×8.3%6.6%
Industrial Bank 601166.SSChina$62.6B+10%-4%9%0.49×2.2%9.2%
Truist Financial TFCUnited States$59.2B+1%-5%8%1.06×9.6%8.2%
Nu Holdings Ltd. Class A NUUnited States$58.1B-13%+54%32%4.39×32.4%31.6%
Credit Agricole ACA.PAFrance$53.7B-8%-1%9%0.68×8.1%8.9%
Shanghai Pudong Development Bank 600000.SSChina$50.1B+8%-3%6%0.40×2.0%6.1%
Fifth Third Bancorp FITBUnited States$47.9B+8%+15%9%1.55×13.6%9.4%
Commerzbank CBK.DEGermany$46.3B+4%-3%10%1.36×10.3%10.3%
Ctbc Financial 2891.TWTaiwan$43.7B+37%+9%15%2.06×8.9%14.7%
Banca Monte dei Paschi di Siena BMPS.MIItaly$38.4B+19%+55%16%1.30×13.9%15.5%
KBFinancialGroup 105560.KSSouth Korea$37.5B-5%+32%10%0.99×5.6%n/a
Bank of Jiangsu 600919.SSChina$35.1B+13%+5%13%0.83×2.9%12.8%
Bank of Ningbo 002142.SZChina$34.0B+3%+3%13%0.92×7.0%13.3%
M&T Bank MTBUnited States$31.4B+3%0%11%1.24×9.3%10.6%
Resona 8308.TJapan$30.8B+9%+17%9%1.57×8.7%9.3%
First Citizens BancShares FCNCAUnited States$25.2B+16%0%11%1.29×9.3%11.0%

CaixaBank bonds and credit

CaixaBank has 40 bonds outstanding with $39.9B face value. The agencies rate it BBB+.

Every bond, yield and spread in the cockpit →

Questions

Who are CaixaBank's main competitors?
Named competitors: Banco Santander (SAN.MC), BBVA (BBVA.MC), Banco Sabadell (SAB.MC). The cockpit's measured peer set (industry) also includes State Bank of India (SBIN.NS), Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce (CM.TO), Postal Savings Bank of China (1658.HK), ICICI Bank (ICICIBANK.NS), Japan Post Bank (7182.T), Industrial Bank (601166.SS).
Is CaixaBank expensive compared with its peers?
On price / book it trades at 2.05× against a peer median of 1.27×, 5th most expensive of 21 in its peer set. The share price implies a return on equity of about 13.3%; CaixaBank delivers 16.5%, so the price asks less than the business earns today.
How has CaixaBank stock performed?
Over six months to 6 Nov 2026 the shares returned +7.1% against +8.0% for the median peer; over one year +25.7%.

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.