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Banco de Sabadell SASAB.MCCompetitor analysis, valuation and peers

Spain · EUR·Financials›Major Banks

Spanish bank focused on retail and SME banking, with a UK subsidiary (TSB Bank).

≈ A Spanish regional bank with a UK retail armMomentum strong 69
Mkt cap
$19.2B
US dollars, full cap
Free float
93%
of shares outstanding
$/day
$50.4M
20-day average traded
P/B
1.40×
price to book
ROE
5.1%
delivered
Implied ROE
15.5%
what the price asks
Official | Implied
BBB / AA-
agencies · bond market
Next earnings
89 days
3 Feb 2027
Close · EUR€3.60
1D-0.2%
1W+4.7%
1M+2.3%
3M+2.4%
6M+8.3%
YTD+6.8%
1Y+6.5%
ATR %2.5%
52w lowhigh4.6% off high

What Banco de Sabadell does

Spanish bank focused on retail and SME banking, with a UK subsidiary (TSB Bank).

Earns mainly on the gap between interest on loans and deposit costs, with fees from accounts, cards and payments. It agreed in 2025 to sell its UK arm TSB to Santander, and the hostile takeover offer from BBVA lapsed in 2025 after too few shareholders accepted.

In one line: A Spanish regional bank with a UK retail arm.

Products and services

  • Retail banking/mortgages (Spain)
  • SME/corporate banking
  • TSB Bank (UK retail banking)

Customers

  • Retail customers (Spain, UK)
  • SMEs

Where it sits in the supply chain

  • Financials
  • Retail & commercial banking
  • Retail banking, SME lending, UK banking…

What could go right

  • Spanish loan growth/net interest margin
  • UK (TSB) earnings contribution

What could go wrong

  • Takeover/consolidation uncertainty
  • Interest rate margin sensitivity

Moat: narrow (scale, distribution, switching costs). Established SME banking relationships in Spain, with added UK retail scale via TSB.

Headquarters: Alicante, Spain · Founded: 1881 · Employees: 18,736

Named competitors

Banco de Sabadell at a glance

Size Banco de Sabadell (SAB.MC) is a Spain Financials company (Major Banks) with a market value of $19.2B, the 15th largest of 97 Spain companies the cockpit tracks. Shares closed at €3.60 on 6 Nov 2026.

Performance Over six months the shares gained 8.3%, against +3.8% for the median peer and +8.2% for the Spain market (cap-weighted) — 8th highest of 21 in its peer set.

Growth Revenue fell 35.3% over the last twelve months (peer median +3.4%); the operating margin is 30.3% (peer median 38.7%).

Valuation It trades at 1.40× book value against a peer median of 1.42× (11th cheapest of 21).

Price implies The share price implies a return on equity of about 15.5%; Banco de Sabadell delivers 5.1%, so the price asks more than the business earns today.

Credit Banco de Sabadell has 22 bonds outstanding ($16.9B), rated BBB by the agencies and trading like AA- at a weighted spread of 46 bp.

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

Relative performance

9010011011 May 202611 Aug 20266 Nov 2026SAB.MC 110Peer median 105
Six months, rebased to 100: Banco de Sabadell against the median of its 20 peers (local-currency closes).

Banco de Sabadell financials

Reported figures in EUR; fiscal year ends 2025-12-31. TTM = trailing twelve months.
TTMFY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022
Revenue€6.77B€7.86B€8.81B€10.5B€6.93B
Revenue growth—-11%-16%+51%—
Net income€1.27B€1.63B€1.73B€1.22B€779M
Free cash flown/a€9.62B€5.82B-€14.7B€1.33B
Capital expendituren/a€611M€552M€533M€434M
Total debt€44.2B€43.5B€45.1B€50.8B€63.5B

Quarterly statements and history in the cockpit →

Banco de Sabadell 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%+20%+40%0%+10%BMEDBCH2892MBK600016BSBR316140KEY086790BAMI6010096000152886PNBFBKRFUNIONBANK2884BKTCFGSAB.MC6-month return →1-month return →
Up and to the right = strong over both horizons. Banco de Sabadell is the large dot.

Fundamentals: return on equity against price-to-book

10%20%30%10×20×30×40×BMEDBCH2892MBK600016BSBR316140KEY086790BAMI6000152886PNBFBKRFUNIONBANK2884BKTCFGSAB.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. Banco de Sabadell is the large dot.

Capital: ROE delivered against the ROE the price implies

0%10%20%30%40%0%20%40%BMEDBCH2892MBK600016BSBRKEY601009600015PNBFBKUNIONBANK2884SAB.MCROE delivered →ROE the price implies →
Above the diagonal = the price asks for a higher return on equity than the business earns today. Banco de Sabadell is the large dot.

Banco de Sabadell competitors and peer comparison

Head to head with its named competitors (SAB.MC vs BBVA.MC vs CABK.MC vs BKT.MC)
CompanyMarket cap6M returnRevenue growthROEPrice / bookImplied ROE
Banco de Sabadell SAB.MC$19.2B+8%-35%5%1.40×15.5%
Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria BBVA.MC$140B+20%+9%20%2.15×24.8%
CaixaBank CABK.MC$91.9B+7%-2%16%2.05×13.3%
Bankinter BKT.MC$14.5B+4%0%18%1.87×12.4%
Banco Santander SAN.MC$174B+4%+15%13%1.40×17.1%

How Banco de Sabadell 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.

Banco de Sabadell against its 20 peers (data as of 6 Nov 2026)
MeasureSAB.MCPeer medianRank in peer set
1-month return+2.3%+2.7%11th highest of 21
6-month return+8.3%+3.8%8th highest of 21
Return on equity5.1%12.2%2nd lowest of 21
Price / book1.40×1.42×11th cheapest of 21
Trailing P/E14.5×12.8×7th most expensive of 18
ROE the price implies15.5%12.5%6th most demanding of 21
ROE delivered5.1%12.4%2nd lowest of 19
Bond spread46 bp100 bp2nd tightest of 6

Peer table

Peer set: Industry: the same industry and sector in any market, nearest in size
CompanyMarketMarket cap6M returnRevenue growthROEPrice / bookImplied ROEDelivered ROE
Banco de Sabadell SAB.MCSpain$19.2B+8%-35%5%1.40×15.5%5.1%
Banca Mediolanum BMED.MIItaly$19.1B+17%-34%30%3.73×35.6%30.1%
Banco de Chile Sponsored ADR BCHUnited States$19.6B+7%+4%22%3.15×13.6%21.8%
First Financial 2892.TWTaiwan$17.8B+44%+5%11%1.95×5.8%10.9%
mBank MBK.WAPoland$17.7B+37%-1%19%3.05×37.6%19.1%
China Minsheng Banking 600016.SSChina$21.3B-8%-10%4%0.26×1.6%4.5%
Banco Santander (Brasil) S.A. Sponsored ADR BSBRUnited States$17.4B-20%+18%10%2.10×12.6%10.2%
WooriFinancialGroup 316140.KSSouth Korea$17.0B-5%+37%10%0.71×4.8%n/a
KeyCorp KEYUnited States$22.0B-3%+9%11%1.39×13.1%11.2%
Hanafinancialgr 086790.KSSouth Korea$22.5B-7%+39%10%0.79×5.3%n/a
Banco BPM BAMI.MIItaly$22.8B+1%-4%12%1.30×13.5%12.5%
Bank of Nanjing 601009.SSChina$22.8B+5%+6%12%0.77×2.8%11.9%
Hua Xia Bank 600015.SSChina$15.7B-5%-1%8%0.32×1.8%7.6%
Mega Financial 2886.TWTaiwan$24.0B+37%+1%10%1.97×5.9%10.0%
Punjab National Bank PNB.NSIndia$15.4B+16%+3%15%0.90×17.0%15.1%
FinecoBank FBK.MIItaly$15.4B+3%+5%32%5.71×43.8%32.3%
Regions Financial RFUnited States$24.1B+2%+1%12%1.46×13.2%12.4%
Union Bank of India UNIONBANK.NSIndia$15.1B+12%0%16%0.99×16.4%16.3%
E Sun Financial 2884.TWTaiwan$25.2B+55%+36%15%2.70×7.6%14.7%
Bankinter BKT.MCSpain$14.5B+4%0%18%1.87×12.4%17.6%
Citizens Financial CFGUnited States$26.5B-1%+4%9%1.16×11.5%8.9%

Banco de Sabadell bonds and credit

Banco de Sabadell has 22 bonds outstanding with $16.9B face value. The agencies rate it BBB; its bonds trade like AA-. Weighted yield 4.18%, a spread of 46 bp over government bonds.

Every bond, yield and spread in the cockpit →

Questions

Who are Banco de Sabadell's main competitors?
Named competitors: BBVA (BBVA.MC), CaixaBank (CABK.MC), Bankinter (BKT.MC), Santander (SAN.MC). The cockpit's measured peer set (industry) also includes Banca Mediolanum (BMED.MI), Banco de Chile Sponsored ADR (BCH), First Financial (2892.TW), mBank (MBK.WA), China Minsheng Banking (600016.SS), Banco Santander (Brasil) S.A. Sponsored ADR (BSBR).
Is Banco de Sabadell expensive compared with its peers?
On price / book it trades at 1.40× against a peer median of 1.42×, 11th cheapest of 21 in its peer set. The share price implies a return on equity of about 15.5%; Banco de Sabadell delivers 5.1%, so the price asks more than the business earns today.
How has Banco de Sabadell stock performed?
Over six months to 6 Nov 2026 the shares returned +8.3% against +3.8% for the median peer; over one year +6.5%.

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.