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Sparebank 1 Sor-norge ASASB1NO.OLCompetitor analysis, valuation and peers

Norway · NOK·Financials›Savings Banks

Regional Norwegian savings bank serving southern Norway, part of the SpareBank 1 alliance of independent banks.

≈ A Norwegian regional community bank/credit union hybridMomentum leader 91
Mkt cap
$9.31B
US dollars, full cap
Free float
60%
of shares outstanding
$/day
$5.32M
20-day average traded
P/B
1.69×
price to book
ROE
12.5%
delivered
Implied ROE
12.4%
what the price asks
Next earnings
104 days
18 Feb 2027
Close · NOKNOK 232.50
1D-0.8%
1W+0.4%
1M+5.7%
3M+12.1%
6M+24.5%
YTD+17.2%
1Y+32.1%
ATR %1.9%
52w lowhigh1.7% off high

What Sparebank 1 Sor-norge does

Regional Norwegian savings bank serving southern Norway, part of the SpareBank 1 alliance of independent banks.

Earns mostly from the gap between mortgage and business-loan rates and its funding costs, with fees and a share of profit from part-owned SpareBank 1 alliance companies, which cover insurance, payments and mortgage funding. Part of its home loans are funded by covered bonds sold through an alliance vehicle.

In one line: A Norwegian regional community bank/credit union hybrid.

Products and services

  • Retail banking/mortgages
  • SME/corporate banking
  • Insurance/savings via alliance

Customers

  • Retail customers (southern Norway)
  • Local SMEs

Where it sits in the supply chain

  • Financials
  • Regional/savings banking
  • Retail & SME banking, mortgages…

What could go right

  • Norwegian interest rate/net interest margin
  • Regional SME lending growth

What could go wrong

  • Norwegian housing market/credit cycle
  • Interest rate margin compression

Moat: narrow (scale, distribution, switching costs). Deep local branch presence and the shared SpareBank 1 brand/product alliance support customer retention.

Headquarters: Stavanger, Norway · Employees: 2,465

Named competitors

Sparebank 1 Sor-norge at a glance

Size Sparebank 1 Sor-norge (SB1NO.OL) is a Norway Financials company (Savings Banks) with a market value of $9.31B, the 13th largest of 115 Norway companies the cockpit tracks. Shares closed at NOK 232.50 on 6 Nov 2026.

Performance Over six months the shares gained 24.5%, against +10.1% for the median peer and +2.7% for the Norway market (cap-weighted) — 2nd highest of 8 in its peer set.

Growth Revenue fell 4.6% over the last twelve months (peer median +4.5%); the operating margin is 60.5% (peer median 39.8%).

Valuation It trades at 1.69× book value against a peer median of 1.09× (3rd most expensive of 8).

Price implies The share price implies a return on equity of about 12.4%; Sparebank 1 Sor-norge delivers 12.5%, so the price asks less than the business earns today.

Next results Next results expected around 18 Feb 2027 (exchange calendar; dates can move).

Relative performance

10011012011 May 202611 Aug 20266 Nov 2026SB1NO.OL 125Peer median 111
Six months, rebased to 100: Sparebank 1 Sor-norge against the median of its 7 peers (local-currency closes).

Sparebank 1 Sor-norge financials

Reported figures in NOK; fiscal year ends 2025-12-31. TTM = trailing twelve months.
TTMFY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022
RevenueNOK 30.1BNOK 31.2BNOK 26.5BNOK 21.0BNOK 11.5B
Revenue growth—+18%+26%+82%—
Net incomeNOK 6.32BNOK 6.37BNOK 4.91BNOK 4.30BNOK 3.29B
Free cash flow-NOK 2.51BNOK 15.6BNOK 5.21BNOK 23.2B-NOK 8.14B
Capital expenditureNOK 135MNOK 208MNOK 184MNOK 124MNOK 97.0M
Total debtNOK 242BNOK 220BNOK 215BNOK 165BNOK 152B

Quarterly statements and history in the cockpit →

Sparebank 1 Sor-norge 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%+20%+2.5%+5%+7.5%STBTFSLWSFSMINGSPOLCLBKPFSSB1NO.OL6-month return →1-month return →
Up and to the right = strong over both horizons. Sparebank 1 Sor-norge is the large dot.

Fundamentals: return on equity against price-to-book

5%10%10×20×STBTFSLWSFSMINGSPOLCLBKPFSSB1NO.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. Sparebank 1 Sor-norge is the large dot.

Capital: ROE delivered against the ROE the price implies

5%10%15%5%10%15%STBTFSLWSFSMINGSPOLCLBKPFSSB1NO.OLROE delivered →ROE the price implies →
Above the diagonal = the price asks for a higher return on equity than the business earns today. Sparebank 1 Sor-norge is the large dot.

Sparebank 1 Sor-norge competitors and peer comparison

Head to head with its named competitors (SB1NO.OL vs DNB.OL vs MING.OL vs NONG.OL)
CompanyMarket cap6M returnRevenue growthROEPrice / bookImplied ROE
Sparebank 1 Sor-norge SB1NO.OL$9.31B+24%-5%13%1.69×12.4%
DNB Bank DNB.OL$50.0B+16%-8%15%1.76×11.2%
SpareBank 1 SMN MING.OL$3.38B+16%-6%9%1.08×7.0%
SpareBank 1 Nord-Norge NONG.OL$1.96B+26%-4%8%0.93×6.6%

How Sparebank 1 Sor-norge 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.

Sparebank 1 Sor-norge against its 7 peers (data as of 6 Nov 2026)
MeasureSB1NO.OLPeer medianRank in peer set
1-month return+5.7%+4.1%2nd highest of 8
6-month return+24.5%+10.1%2nd highest of 8
Return on equity12.5%9.1%2nd highest of 8
Price / book1.69×1.09×3rd most expensive of 8
Trailing P/E13.7×12.4×4th most expensive of 8
ROE the price implies12.4%9.2%4th most demanding of 8
ROE delivered12.5%9.1%2nd highest of 8

Peer table

Peer set: Industry: the same industry and sector in any market, nearest in size
CompanyMarketMarket cap6M returnRevenue growthROEPrice / bookImplied ROEDelivered ROE
Sparebank 1 Sor-norge SB1NO.OLNorway$9.31B+24%-5%13%1.69×12.4%12.5%
Storebrand STB.OLNorway$8.94B+13%+40%14%2.56×16.1%13.9%
TFS Financial TFSLUnited States$4.61B+9%+6%5%2.72×18.1%5.1%
WSFS Financial WSFSUnited States$3.99B+10%+2%12%1.53×12.4%12.4%
SpareBank 1 SMN MING.OLNorway$3.38B+16%-6%9%1.08×7.0%8.8%
Sparebank 1 Ostlandet SPOL.OLNorway$3.01B+9%-2%9%1.09×7.1%9.1%
Columbia Financial CLBKUnited States$2.99B+25%+23%2%0.95×6.2%2.3%
Provident Financial Services PFSUnited States$2.99B+2%+4%11%1.05×9.2%11.0%

Questions

Who are Sparebank 1 Sor-norge's main competitors?
Named competitors: DNB Bank (DNB.OL), SpareBank 1 SMN (MING.OL), SpareBank 1 Nord-Norge (NONG.OL). The cockpit's measured peer set (industry) also includes Storebrand (STB.OL), TFS Financial (TFSL), WSFS Financial (WSFS), SpareBank 1 SMN (MING.OL), Sparebank 1 Ostlandet (SPOL.OL), Columbia Financial (CLBK).
Is Sparebank 1 Sor-norge expensive compared with its peers?
On price / book it trades at 1.69× against a peer median of 1.09×, 3rd most expensive of 8 in its peer set. The share price implies a return on equity of about 12.4%; Sparebank 1 Sor-norge delivers 12.5%, so the price asks less than the business earns today.
How has Sparebank 1 Sor-norge stock performed?
Over six months to 6 Nov 2026 the shares returned +24.5% against +10.1% for the median peer; over one year +32.1%.

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.