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Pareto Bank ASAPARB.OLCompetitor analysis, valuation and peers

Norway · NOK·Financials›Regional Banks
Momentum laggard 8
Mkt cap
$410M
US dollars, full cap
Free float
20%
of shares outstanding
$/day
$1.19M
20-day average traded
P/B
0.81×
price to book
ROE
4.3%
delivered
Implied ROE
6.9%
what the price asks
Next earnings
83 days
28 Jan 2027
Close · NOKNOK 49.50
1D-0.5%
1W+5.5%
1M-2.9%
3M-20.3%
6M-25.2%
YTD-45.7%
1Y-39.9%
ATR %3.4%
52w lowhigh46.0% off high

What Pareto Bank does

Employees: 69

Pareto Bank at a glance

Size Pareto Bank (PARB.OL) is a Norway Financials company (Regional Banks) with a market value of $410M, the 98th largest of 115 Norway companies the cockpit tracks. Shares closed at NOK 49.50 on 6 Nov 2026.

Performance Over six months the shares fell 25.2%, against +17.8% for the median peer and +2.7% for the Norway market (cap-weighted) — lowest of 19 in its peer set.

Growth Revenue fell 11.1% over the last twelve months (peer median +4.4%); the operating margin is 27.3% (peer median 41.3%).

Valuation It trades at 0.81× book value against a peer median of 1.25× (2nd cheapest of 21).

Price implies The share price implies a return on equity of about 6.9%; Pareto Bank delivers 4.3%, so the price asks more than the business earns today.

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

Relative performance

8010012011 May 202611 Aug 20266 Nov 2026Peer median 120PARB.OL 75
Six months, rebased to 100: Pareto Bank against the median of its 20 peers (local-currency closes).

Pareto Bank financials

Reported figures in NOK; fiscal year ends 2025-12-31. TTM = trailing twelve months.
TTMFY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022
RevenueNOK 2.12BNOK 2.36BNOK 2.27BNOK 1.93BNOK 1.28B
Revenue growth—+4%+18%+51%—
Net incomeNOK 210MNOK 624MNOK 637MNOK 605MNOK 555M
Free cash flowNOK 571MNOK 689MNOK 869MNOK 706MNOK 595M
Capital expenditureNOK 8.49MNOK 9.09MNOK 11.1MNOK 18.8MNOK 8.81M
Total debtNOK 7.65BNOK 8.06BNOK 8.63BNOK 8.96BNOK 7.92B

Quarterly statements and history in the cockpit →

Pareto 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

-20%0%+20%+40%-20%0%+20%CHMGCZFSFDBCFOBANKPCBRBBPLBCPKBKISTRAVBHROGSGRLAPBFSJSFBPARB.OL6-month return →1-month return →
Up and to the right = strong over both horizons. Pareto Bank is the large dot.

Fundamentals: return on equity against price-to-book

5%10%15%0.75×10×1.25×1.50×CHMGCZFSFCBMFDBCFOBANKPCBNWFLRBBPLBCPKBKISTRGBCGLKBNAVBHCBKROGSGRLAPBFSHBLNJSFBPARB.OLReturn 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. Pareto Bank is the large dot.

Capital: ROE delivered against the ROE the price implies

0%10%0%10%CHMGCZFSFDBCFOBANKPCBNWFLRBBPLBCGLKBNAVBHROGSGRLAPBFSJSFBPARB.OLROE delivered →ROE the price implies →
Above the diagonal = the price asks for a higher return on equity than the business earns today. Pareto Bank is the large dot.

Pareto Bank competitors and peer comparison

How Pareto 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.

Pareto Bank against its 20 peers (data as of 6 Nov 2026)
MeasurePARB.OLPeer medianRank in peer set
1-month return-2.9%+4.3%3rd lowest of 20
6-month return-25.2%+17.8%lowest of 19
Return on equity4.3%11.4%4th lowest of 21
Price / book0.81×1.25×2nd cheapest of 21
Trailing P/E18.1×11.1×3rd most expensive of 19
ROE the price implies6.9%8.4%6th least demanding of 20
ROE delivered4.3%11.4%4th lowest of 19

Peer table

Peer set: Industry: the same industry and sector in any market, nearest in size
CompanyMarketMarket cap6M returnRevenue growthROEPrice / bookImplied ROEDelivered ROE
Pareto Bank PARB.OLNorway$410M-25%-11%4%0.81×6.9%4.3%
Chemung Financial CHMGUnited States$410M+25%+19%15%1.50×10.2%14.7%
Citizens Financial Services CZFSUnited States$408M+33%+4%13%1.16×7.6%12.7%
First Carolina Financial Services FCBMUnited States$415Mn/a+28%4%0.96×6.5%n/a
Fidelity D & D Bancorp FDBCUnited States$399M+50%+8%14%1.62×12.4%13.5%
Foroya Banki FOBANK.CODenmark$422M+20%-12%14%1.44×5.6%13.6%
PCB Bancorp PCBUnited States$422M+22%+4%11%1.27×8.4%10.8%
Norwood Financial NWFLUnited States$389M+17%+46%12%1.37×9.3%12.5%
RBB Bancorp RBBUnited States$433M+7%+4%8%0.81×8.8%8.4%
Plumas Bancorp PLBCUnited States$435M+20%+24%17%1.65×10.7%16.6%
Parke Bancorp PKBKUnited States$384M+6%+9%14%1.17×8.3%14.1%
Investar ISTRUnited States$383M-2%+34%11%1.00×7.7%11.0%
Georgia Banking GBCUnited States$382Mn/an/a12%1.23×8.9%n/a
Glarner Kantonalbank GLKBN.SWSwitzerland$442M+19%-16%6%0.81×2.1%5.8%
Avidbank AVBHUnited States$378M+14%-32%-6%1.28×7.3%-5.6%
Commercial Bancgroup CBKUnited States$448M+12%-1%15%1.44×9.2%14.6%
Rogaland Sparebank ROGS.OLNorway$375M+4%0%7%0.83×5.3%6.9%
GronlandsBANKEN A/S GRLA.CODenmark$373M+43%-13%12%1.59×5.9%11.8%
Pioneer Bancorp PBFSUnited States$456M+26%+18%4%1.38×8.6%4.0%
Hypothekarbank Lenzburg HBLN.SWSwitzerland$368M0%+4%4%0.60×n/a4.3%
Jana Small Finance Bank JSFB.NSIndia$457M-13%+18%10%0.88×15.2%10.3%

Questions

Which companies are Pareto Bank's closest peers?
The cockpit's peer set: Chemung Financial (CHMG), Citizens Financial Services (CZFS), First Carolina Financial Services (FCBM), Fidelity D & D Bancorp (FDBC), Foroya Banki (FOBANK.CO), PCB Bancorp (PCB), Norwood Financial (NWFL), RBB Bancorp (RBB).
Is Pareto Bank expensive compared with its peers?
On price / book it trades at 0.81× against a peer median of 1.25×, 2nd cheapest of 21 in its peer set. The share price implies a return on equity of about 6.9%; Pareto Bank delivers 4.3%, so the price asks more than the business earns today.
How has Pareto Bank stock performed?
Over six months to 6 Nov 2026 the shares returned -25.2% against +17.8% for the median peer; over one year -39.9%.

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.