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Sparebanken NorgeSBNOR.OLCompetitor analysis, valuation and peers

Norway · NOK·Financials›Major Banks

Large Norwegian regional savings bank formed by merger, offering retail and corporate banking across Southern and Western Norway.

≈ A large Norwegian regional savings bankMomentum strong 68
Mkt cap
$3.78B
US dollars, full cap
Free float
67%
of shares outstanding
$/day
$2.13M
20-day average traded
P/B
0.71×
price to book
ROE
6.9%
delivered
Implied ROE
6.1%
what the price asks
Official | Implied
Aa3 / AA
agencies · bond market
Next earnings
90 days
4 Feb 2027
Close · NOKNOK 202.25
1D-1.8%
1W+0.4%
1M+3.2%
3M+4.0%
6M+7.6%
YTD+2.1%
1Y+13.9%
ATR %1.9%
52w lowhigh6.6% off high

What Sparebanken Norge does

Large Norwegian regional savings bank formed by merger, offering retail and corporate banking across Southern and Western Norway.

In one line: A large Norwegian regional savings bank.

Products and services

  • Retail banking
  • Corporate/SME banking
  • Insurance & asset management
  • Real estate brokerage

Customers

  • Retail customers and businesses in Southern/Wester

Where it sits in the supply chain

  • Banking
  • Regional savings bank
  • Retail & corporate banking

What could go right

  • Rate environment supporting net interest margin
  • Regional economic growth

What could go wrong

  • Credit risk in oil-services-exposed lending book
  • Competition from larger national banks

Moat: narrow (switching costs, distribution, scale). Deep regional deposit franchise and branch network built through savings bank mergers.

Headquarters: Stavanger, Norway · Founded: 2024 · Employees: 1,644

Named competitors

Sparebanken Norge at a glance

Size Sparebanken Norge (SBNOR.OL) is a Norway Financials company (Major Banks) with a market value of $3.78B, the 24th largest of 115 Norway companies the cockpit tracks. Shares closed at NOK 202.25 on 6 Nov 2026.

Performance Over six months the shares gained 7.6%, against +7.8% for the median peer and +2.7% for the Norway market (cap-weighted) — 11th highest of 21 in its peer set.

Growth Revenue grew 61.5% over the last twelve months (peer median +8.5%); the operating margin is 63.1% (peer median 33.0%).

Valuation It trades at 0.71× book value against a peer median of 1.05× (2nd cheapest of 21).

Credit Sparebanken Norge has 20 bonds outstanding ($11.3B), rated Aa3 by the agencies and trading like AA at a weighted spread of 83 bp.

Next results Next results expected around 4 Feb 2027 (exchange calendar; dates can move).

Relative performance

10011011 May 202611 Aug 20266 Nov 2026Peer median 109SBNOR.OL 108
Six months, rebased to 100: Sparebanken Norge against the median of its 20 peers (local-currency closes).

Sparebanken Norge financials

Reported figures in NOK; fiscal year ends 2025-12-31. TTM = trailing twelve months.
TTMFY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022
RevenueNOK 33.4BNOK 30.4BNOK 20.2BNOK 15.4BNOK 8.77B
Revenue growth—+51%+31%+76%—
Net incomeNOK 2.77BNOK 2.52BNOK 1.83BNOK 1.40BNOK 1.22B
Free cash flowNOK 8.43BNOK 7.05BNOK 4.48BNOK 3.69BNOK 2.29B
Capital expenditureNOK 108MNOK 88.0MNOK 72.0MNOK 107MNOK 123M
Total debtNOK 309BNOK 269BNOK 159BNOK 141BNOK 127B

Quarterly statements and history in the cockpit →

Sparebanken 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

-20%-10%0%+10%+20%-20%-10%0%+10%71807327175330TBCGNICDAVECBUFLGSFNCFFINTCBILLBNPRKBOQBCGEBMABKU8366SBNOR.OL6-month return →1-month return →
Up and to the right = strong over both horizons. Sparebanken Norge is the large dot.

Fundamentals: return on equity against price-to-book

5%10%15%20%25%10×1.50×20×2.50×71807327175330TBCGNICDAVECBUFLGSFNCFFINTCBILLBNPRKBOQBCGEBMAFULTBKUSBNOR.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. Sparebanken Norge is the large dot.

Sparebanken Norge competitors and peer comparison

Head to head with its named competitors (SBNOR.OL vs DNB.OL vs MING.OL vs SPOL.OL)
CompanyMarket cap6M returnRevenue growthROEPrice / bookImplied ROE
Sparebanken Norge SBNOR.OL$3.78B+8%+62%7%0.71×6.1%
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 Ostlandet SPOL.OL$3.01B+9%-2%9%1.09×7.1%
Nordea Bank Abp NDA-FI.HE$62.3B+6%+3%15%1.77×14.6%

How Sparebanken 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.

Sparebanken Norge against its 20 peers (data as of 6 Nov 2026)
MeasureSBNOR.OLPeer medianRank in peer set
1-month return+3.2%-0.1%10th highest of 21
6-month return+7.6%+7.8%11th highest of 21
Return on equity6.9%9.7%5th lowest of 21
Price / book0.71×1.05×2nd cheapest of 21
Trailing P/E12.1×14.6×7th cheapest of 20
ROE the price implies6.1%10.2%4th least demanding of 19
Bond spread83 bp123 bptightest of 5

Peer table

Peer set: Industry: the same industry and sector in any market, nearest in size
CompanyMarketMarket cap6M returnRevenue growthROEPrice / bookImplied ROEDelivered ROE
Sparebanken Norge SBNOR.OLNorway$3.78B+8%+62%7%0.71×6.1%n/a
Kyushu Financial 7180.TJapan$3.79B+7%+15%5%0.73×6.6%4.9%
Daishi Hokuetsu Financial 7327.TJapan$3.73B+9%+18%9%0.94×6.3%8.6%
JB Financial 175330.KSSouth Korea$3.67B0%+9%13%0.94×5.3%n/a
TBC Bank TBCG.LUnited Kingdom$3.64B+11%+16%24%1.40×15.7%23.8%
Nicolet Bankshares NICUnited States$3.60B+18%+46%10%1.62×11.5%10.2%
Dave DAVEUnited States$3.55B+9%+49%105%17.09×291.2%104.8%
Community Financial System CBUUnited States$3.39B+1%+7%12%1.67×12.5%11.8%
Flagstar Bank, National Association FLGUnited States$4.21B-26%-18%1%0.59×7.4%1.2%
Simmons First National SFNCUnited States$3.37B+10%+122%8%1.01×9.7%7.8%
First Financial Bankshares FFINUnited States$4.36B-6%+8%16%2.38×17.0%15.9%
Texas Capital Bancshares TCBIUnited States$4.39B+1%+3%10%1.34×9.8%10.2%
Liechtensteinische Landesbank LLBN.SWSwitzerland$4.40B+24%-2%8%1.48×n/a7.7%
Park National PRKUnited States$3.20B+2%+21%13%1.87×13.1%13.1%
Bank of Queensland BOQ.AXAustralia$3.19B+14%-6%4%0.80×8.9%4.3%
Banque Cantonale de Geneve BCGE.SWSwitzerland$3.17B+12%-3%10%1.01×n/a9.9%
Banco Macro SA Sponsored ADR BMAUnited States$4.53B-21%+4%7%0.87×11.3%7.5%
Fulton Financial FULTUnited States$4.54B+11%+3%12%1.29×10.5%11.6%
BankUnited BKUUnited States$3.14B-7%-5%9%1.09×11.9%9.2%
Shiga Bank 8366.TJapan$3.12B+11%+23%4%0.76×3.9%4.4%
77 Bank 8341.TJapan$4.66B+7%+21%9%0.95×5.9%9.4%

Sparebanken Norge bonds and credit

Sparebanken Norge has 20 bonds outstanding with $11.3B face value. The agencies rate it Aa3; its bonds trade like AA. Weighted yield 4.18%, a spread of 83 bp over government bonds.

Every bond, yield and spread in the cockpit →

Questions

Who are Sparebanken Norge's main competitors?
Named competitors: DNB Bank (DNB.OL), SpareBank 1 SMN (MING.OL), Sparebank 1 Ostlandet (SPOL.OL), Nordea Bank (NDA-FI.HE). The cockpit's measured peer set (industry) also includes Kyushu Financial (7180.T), Daishi Hokuetsu Financial (7327.T), JB Financial (175330.KS), TBC Bank (TBCG.L), Nicolet Bankshares (NIC), Dave (DAVE).
Is Sparebanken Norge expensive compared with its peers?
On price / book it trades at 0.71× against a peer median of 1.05×, 2nd cheapest of 21 in its peer set.
How has Sparebanken Norge stock performed?
Over six months to 6 Nov 2026 the shares returned +7.6% against +7.8% for the median peer; over one year +13.9%.

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.