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Nordea Bank AbpNDA-FI.HECompetitor analysis, valuation and peers

Finland · EUR·Financials›Major Banks

Largest bank in the Nordic region, offering retail, corporate and wealth banking across Finland, Sweden, Norway and Denmark.

≈ A pan-Nordic universal bank, larger than any single-country Nordic peer.Momentum neutral 57
Mkt cap
$62.3B
US dollars, full cap
Free float
95%
of shares outstanding
$/day
$99.8M
20-day average traded
P/B
1.77×
price to book
ROE
14.9%
delivered
Implied ROE
14.6%
what the price asks
Official | Implied
AA- / A+
agencies · bond market
Next earnings
83 days
28 Jan 2027
Close · EUR€16.36
1D-0.8%
1W+4.5%
1M-1.9%
3M-5.5%
6M+5.8%
YTD+1.7%
1Y+11.0%
ATR %2.0%
52w lowhigh9.6% off high

What Nordea Bank Abp does

Largest bank in the Nordic region, offering retail, corporate and wealth banking across Finland, Sweden, Norway and Denmark.

Earns mostly from the lending spread across Sweden, Finland, Norway and Denmark, with fees from savings, asset management and corporate services. It moved its legal home from Sweden to Finland in 2018 to sit under the euro-area banking supervisor.

In one line: A pan-Nordic universal bank, larger than any single-country Nordic peer..

Products and services

  • Personal banking (Nordics)
  • Corporate & institutional banking
  • Wealth management & asset management

Customers

  • Nordic retail customers
  • SMEs and large corporates
  • Institutional/asset management clients

Where it sits in the supply chain

  • Financial services
  • Banking
  • Retail & corporate banking

What could go right

  • Nordic rate environment/margins
  • Wealth management fee growth

What could go wrong

  • Nordic housing market credit risk
  • Regulatory/compliance costs

Moat: narrow (scale, distribution, brand). Largest pan-Nordic banking franchise, giving scale advantages no single-country Nordic bank can match.

Headquarters: Helsinki, Finland · Employees: 28,989

Named competitors

Nordea Bank Abp at a glance

Size Nordea Bank Abp (NDA-FI.HE) is a Finland Financials company (Major Banks) with a market value of $62.3B, the largest of 65 Finland companies the cockpit tracks. Shares closed at €16.36 on 6 Nov 2026.

Performance Over six months the shares gained 5.8%, against +8.7% for the median peer and -2.9% for the Finland market (cap-weighted) — 10th lowest of 21 in its peer set.

Growth Revenue grew 3.4% over the last twelve months (peer median 0.0%); the operating margin is 34.7% (peer median 39.0%).

Valuation It trades at 1.77× book value against a peer median of 1.69× (9th most expensive of 21).

Price implies The share price implies a return on equity of about 14.6%; Nordea Bank Abp delivers 14.9%, so the price asks less than the business earns today.

Credit Nordea Bank Abp has 33 bonds outstanding ($28.1B), rated AA- by the agencies and trading like A+ at a weighted spread of 81 bp.

Next results Next results expected around 28 Jan 2027 (exchange calendar; dates can move).

Relative performance

10011011 May 202611 Aug 20266 Nov 2026Peer median 110NDA-FI.HE 106
Six months, rebased to 100: Nordea Bank Abp against the median of its 20 peers (local-currency closes).

Nordea Bank Abp financials

Reported figures in EUR; fiscal year ends 2025-12-31. TTM = trailing twelve months.
TTMFY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022
Revenue€27.4B€25.5B€29.4B€27.5B€15.8B
Revenue growth—-13%+7%+74%—
Net income€4.67B€4.81B€5.03B€4.91B€3.56B
Free cash flow€26.0B€10.2B€20.1B€7.69B-€2.31B
Capital expenditure€548M€656M€560M€530M€405M
Total debt€255B€257B€235B€223B€225B

Quarterly statements and history in the cockpit →

Nordea Bank Abp 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%0%+10%NWGSTANNA2388601998LLOYGLEKOTAKBANKDNBU11ANZSWED-AITUBNABWBCAXISBANKPNCINGASEB-ADANSKENDA-FI.HE6-month return →1-month return →
Up and to the right = strong over both horizons. Nordea Bank Abp is the large dot.

Fundamentals: return on equity against price-to-book

10%12%14%16%10×1.50×20×2.50×NWGSTANNA2388601998LLOYGLEKOTAKBANKDNBU11ANZSWED-AITUBNABWBCAXISBANKPNCINGASEB-ANDA-FI.HEReturn 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. Nordea Bank Abp is the large dot.

Capital: ROE delivered against the ROE the price implies

10%20%30%10%20%30%NWGSTANNA2388GLEKOTAKBANKDNBANZSWED-AITUBNABWBCAXISBANKSEB-ADANSKENDA-FI.HEROE delivered →ROE the price implies →
Above the diagonal = the price asks for a higher return on equity than the business earns today. Nordea Bank Abp is the large dot.

Nordea Bank Abp competitors and peer comparison

Head to head with its named competitors (NDA-FI.HE vs DANSKE.CO vs SEB-A.ST vs SHB-A.ST)
CompanyMarket cap6M returnRevenue growthROEPrice / bookImplied ROE
Nordea Bank Abp NDA-FI.HE$62.3B+6%+3%15%1.77×14.6%
Danske Bank A/S DANSKE.CO$42.4B+11%+8%14%1.68×6.1%
Skandinaviska Enskilda Banken SEB-A.ST$42.9B+20%-8%14%1.80×9.5%
Svenska Handelsbanken SHB-A.ST$32.6B+23%-14%12%1.68×9.0%
DNB Bank DNB.OL$50.0B+16%-8%15%1.76×11.2%

How Nordea Bank Abp 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.

Nordea Bank Abp against its 20 peers (data as of 6 Nov 2026)
MeasureNDA-FI.HEPeer medianRank in peer set
1-month return-1.9%+1.0%7th lowest of 21
6-month return+5.8%+8.7%10th lowest of 21
Return on equity14.9%13.2%4th highest of 21
Price / book1.77×1.69×9th most expensive of 21
Trailing P/E11.9×12.4×8th cheapest of 21
ROE the price implies14.6%13.2%9th most demanding of 21
ROE delivered14.9%13.5%4th highest of 20
Bond spread81 bp79 bp6th widest of 15

Peer table

Peer set: Industry: the same industry and sector in any market, nearest in size
CompanyMarketMarket cap6M returnRevenue growthROEPrice / bookImplied ROEDelivered ROE
Nordea Bank Abp NDA-FI.HEFinland$62.3B+6%+3%15%1.77×14.6%14.9%
NatWest NWG.LUnited Kingdom$62.3B+4%+3%16%1.21×15.8%15.9%
Standard Chartered STAN.LUnited Kingdom$60.9B+14%-10%13%1.37×16.9%12.8%
National Bank of Canada NA.TOCanada$59.3B+4%+8%14%2.62×20.1%14.3%
Boc Hong Kong 2388.HKHong Kong$67.4B+13%-8%12%1.47×8.1%11.8%
China CITIC Bank 601998.SSChina$71.5B+9%-6%9%0.67×2.5%n/a
Lloyds Banking LLOY.LUnited Kingdom$73.7B+2%-2%14%1.37×17.2%14.3%
Societe Generale GLE.PAFrance$52.0B-5%+9%9%0.78×10.0%9.5%
Kotak Mahindra Bank KOTAKBANK.NSIndia$50.5B+27%+12%12%2.45×29.5%11.8%
DNB Bank DNB.OLNorway$50.0B+16%-8%15%1.76×11.2%15.1%
United Overseas Bank U11.SISingapore$47.6B0%-10%10%1.23×9.2%9.8%
ANZ ANZ.AXAustralia$84.2B+17%-5%8%1.71×14.4%8.3%
Swedbank SWED-A.STSweden$46.0B+25%-5%14%2.09×13.2%14.3%
Itau Unibanco Holding S.A. Sponsored ADR Pfd ITUBUnited States$84.9B-12%+8%22%1.84×11.8%21.7%
National Australia Bank NAB.AXAustralia$86.2B+9%-8%10%2.02×20.2%10.0%
Westpac Banking WBC.AXAustralia$87.6B+4%+2%9%1.78×16.4%9.5%
Axis Bank AXISBANK.NSIndia$43.6B+2%+7%14%1.78×25.1%13.9%
PNC Financial Services PNCUnited States$89.4B+4%+8%13%1.59×13.2%12.9%
ING Groep INGA.ASNetherlands$89.8B+11%+7%14%1.63×12.5%13.6%
Skandinaviska Enskilda Banken SEB-A.STSweden$42.9B+20%-8%14%1.80×9.5%13.5%
Danske Bank A/S DANSKE.CODenmark$42.4B+11%+8%14%1.68×6.1%14.1%

Nordea Bank Abp bonds and credit

Nordea Bank Abp has 33 bonds outstanding with $28.1B face value. The agencies rate it AA-; its bonds trade like A+. Weighted yield 3.96%, a spread of 81 bp over government bonds.

Every bond, yield and spread in the cockpit →

Questions

Who are Nordea Bank Abp's main competitors?
Named competitors: Danske Bank (DANSKE.CO), SEB (SEB-A.ST), Svenska Handelsbanken (SHB-A.ST), DNB Bank (DNB.OL). The cockpit's measured peer set (industry) also includes NatWest (NWG.L), Standard Chartered (STAN.L), National Bank of Canada (NA.TO), Boc Hong Kong (2388.HK), China CITIC Bank (601998.SS), Lloyds Banking (LLOY.L).
Is Nordea Bank Abp expensive compared with its peers?
On price / book it trades at 1.77× against a peer median of 1.69×, 9th most expensive of 21 in its peer set. The share price implies a return on equity of about 14.6%; Nordea Bank Abp delivers 14.9%, so the price asks less than the business earns today.
How has Nordea Bank Abp stock performed?
Over six months to 6 Nov 2026 the shares returned +5.8% against +8.7% for the median peer; over one year +11.0%.

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.