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Skandinaviska Enskilda Banken AB Class ASEB-A.STCompetitor analysis, valuation and peers

Sweden · SEK·Financials›Major Banks

Swedish bank serving large corporates and institutions alongside retail/private banking, with a strong Nordic and Baltic corporate franchise.

≈ A Swedish Goldman Sachs/Wells Fargo hybrid for corporatesMomentum neutral 51
Mkt cap
$42.9B
US dollars, full cap
Free float
75%
of shares outstanding
$/day
$75.6M
20-day average traded
P/B
1.80×
price to book
ROE
13.5%
delivered
Implied ROE
9.5%
what the price asks
Official | Implied
A / A
agencies · bond market
Next earnings
82 days
27 Jan 2027
Close · SEKSEK 214.80
1D-0.7%
1W+3.4%
1M-3.9%
3M-2.8%
6M+19.8%
YTD+10.1%
1Y+18.7%
ATR %2.0%
52w lowhigh9.9% off high

What Skandinaviska Enskilda Banken does

Swedish bank serving large corporates and institutions alongside retail/private banking, with a strong Nordic and Baltic corporate franchise.

Earns from lending to large companies and from fees on capital-markets deals, trading, cash management and asset management; savings and life products add recurring fees. Investor AB, the Wallenberg family's holding company, is its largest shareholder.

In one line: A Swedish Goldman Sachs/Wells Fargo hybrid for corporates.

Products and services

  • Large corporate & institutional banking
  • Private/wealth banking
  • Retail banking (Sweden/Baltics)
  • Life insurance

Customers

  • Large Nordic corporates
  • Institutional investors
  • Private banking clients

Where it sits in the supply chain

  • Financial services
  • Corporate & retail banking
  • Corporate banking, wealth management…

What could go right

  • Nordic corporate loan growth
  • Wealth management fee income

What could go wrong

  • Nordic rate cycle
  • Corporate credit cycle exposure

Moat: narrow (scale, brand, customer qualification). Deep, long-standing relationships with Nordic large-cap corporates built over a century of corporate banking.

Headquarters: Stockholm, Sweden · Founded: 1856 · Employees: 19,922

Named competitors

Skandinaviska Enskilda Banken at a glance

Size Skandinaviska Enskilda Banken (SEB-A.ST) is a Sweden Financials company (Major Banks) with a market value of $42.9B, the 7th largest of 221 Sweden companies the cockpit tracks. Shares closed at SEK 214.80 on 6 Nov 2026.

Performance Over six months the shares gained 19.8%, against +4.8% for the median peer and +8.2% for the Sweden market (cap-weighted) — 5th highest of 21 in its peer set.

Growth Revenue fell 7.7% over the last twelve months (peer median +6.4%); the operating margin is 46.0% (peer median 38.2%).

Valuation It trades at 1.80× book value against a peer median of 1.58× (6th most expensive of 21).

Price implies The share price implies a return on equity of about 9.5%; Skandinaviska Enskilda Banken delivers 13.5%, so the price asks less than the business earns today.

Credit Skandinaviska Enskilda Banken has 36 bonds outstanding ($31.9B), rated A by the agencies and trading like A at a weighted spread of 82 bp.

Next results Next results expected around 27 Jan 2027 (exchange calendar; dates can move).

Relative performance

10011012013011 May 202611 Aug 20266 Nov 2026SEB-A.ST 121Peer median 106
Six months, rebased to 100: Skandinaviska Enskilda Banken against the median of its 20 peers (local-currency closes).

Skandinaviska Enskilda Banken financials

Reported figures in SEK; fiscal year ends 2025-12-31. TTM = trailing twelve months.
TTMFY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022
RevenueSEK 155BSEK 160BSEK 194BSEK 174BSEK 95.0B
Revenue growth—-18%+11%+83%—
Net incomeSEK 31.0BSEK 31.1BSEK 35.9BSEK 38.1BSEK 27.0B
Free cash flown/aSEK 31.9BSEK 22.3BSEK 37.8BSEK 63.9B
Capital expenditureSEK 0SEK 1.35BSEK 1.19BSEK 1.04BSEK 1.03B
Total debtSEK 1.25TSEK 984BSEK 1.08TSEK 1.06TSEK 908B

Quarterly statements and history in the cockpit →

Skandinaviska Enskilda Banken 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%0%+10%+20%-10%0%+10%DANSKEAXISBANKSWED-AU11DNBPKOKOTAKBANKGLE000001SHB-AHBANNABPESTANNDA-FINWG055550BAPBBD8309SEB-A.ST6-month return →1-month return →
Up and to the right = strong over both horizons. Skandinaviska Enskilda Banken is the large dot.

Fundamentals: return on equity against price-to-book

10%15%20%10×20×DANSKEAXISBANKSWED-AU11DNBPKOKOTAKBANKGLE000001SHB-AHBANNABPESTANNWGBAPBBD8309SEB-A.STReturn 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. Skandinaviska Enskilda Banken is the large dot.

Capital: ROE delivered against the ROE the price implies

10%20%30%10%20%30%DANSKEAXISBANKSWED-AU11DNBPKOKOTAKBANKGLE000001NABPESTANNDA-FINWGBAPBBD8309SEB-A.STROE delivered →ROE the price implies →
Above the diagonal = the price asks for a higher return on equity than the business earns today. Skandinaviska Enskilda Banken is the large dot.

Skandinaviska Enskilda Banken competitors and peer comparison

Head to head with its named competitors (SEB-A.ST vs SHB-A.ST vs SWED-A.ST vs DANSKE.CO)
CompanyMarket cap6M returnRevenue growthROEPrice / bookImplied ROE
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%
Swedbank SWED-A.ST$46.0B+25%-5%14%2.09×13.2%
Danske Bank A/S DANSKE.CO$42.4B+11%+8%14%1.68×6.1%
DNB Bank DNB.OL$50.0B+16%-8%15%1.76×11.2%

How Skandinaviska Enskilda Banken 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.

Skandinaviska Enskilda Banken against its 20 peers (data as of 6 Nov 2026)
MeasureSEB-A.STPeer medianRank in peer set
1-month return-3.9%+0.5%6th lowest of 21
6-month return+19.8%+4.8%5th highest of 21
Return on equity13.5%14.0%10th lowest of 21
Price / book1.80×1.58×6th most expensive of 21
Trailing P/E13.7×12.0×5th most expensive of 21
ROE the price implies9.5%12.2%8th least demanding of 21
ROE delivered13.5%14.1%9th lowest of 20
Bond spread82 bp81 bp7th widest of 14

Peer table

Peer set: Industry: the same industry and sector in any market, nearest in size
CompanyMarketMarket cap6M returnRevenue growthROEPrice / bookImplied ROEDelivered ROE
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%
Axis Bank AXISBANK.NSIndia$43.6B+2%+7%14%1.78×25.1%13.9%
Swedbank SWED-A.STSweden$46.0B+25%-5%14%2.09×13.2%14.3%
United Overseas Bank U11.SISingapore$47.6B0%-10%10%1.23×9.2%9.8%
DNB Bank DNB.OLNorway$50.0B+16%-8%15%1.76×11.2%15.1%
PKO Bank Polski PKO.WAPoland$36.5B+18%-2%20%2.56×31.9%20.1%
Kotak Mahindra Bank KOTAKBANK.NSIndia$50.5B+27%+12%12%2.45×29.5%11.8%
Societe Generale GLE.PAFrance$52.0B-5%+9%9%0.78×10.0%9.5%
Ping An Bank 000001.SZChina$34.4B+3%-9%9%0.48×3.6%9.0%
Svenska Handelsbanken SHB-A.STSweden$32.6B+23%-14%12%1.68×9.0%12.2%
Huntington Bancshares HBANUnited States$31.2B-3%+24%9%1.06×10.2%9.1%
National Bank of Canada NA.TOCanada$59.3B+4%+8%14%2.62×20.1%14.3%
BPER Banca BPE.MIItaly$30.4B+2%+15%15%1.49×18.6%14.9%
Standard Chartered STAN.LUnited Kingdom$60.9B+14%-10%13%1.37×16.9%12.8%
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%
ShinhanGroup 055550.KSSouth Korea$29.2B-13%+32%9%0.78×5.2%n/a
Credicorp BAPUnited States$27.6B+5%+24%21%2.47×17.9%20.6%
Banco Bradesco SA Sponsored ADR Pfd BBDUnited States$27.5B-32%+29%14%0.71×6.2%14.2%
Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Gp 8309.TJapan$27.4B+38%+5%11%1.18×7.5%10.9%

Skandinaviska Enskilda Banken bonds and credit

Skandinaviska Enskilda Banken has 36 bonds outstanding with $31.9B face value. The agencies rate it A; its bonds trade like A. Weighted yield 4.08%, a spread of 82 bp over government bonds.

Every bond, yield and spread in the cockpit →

Questions

Who are Skandinaviska Enskilda Banken's main competitors?
Named competitors: Svenska Handelsbanken (SHB-A.ST), Swedbank (SWED-A.ST), Nordea (private or unlisted), Danske Bank (DANSKE.CO), DNB Bank (DNB.OL). The cockpit's measured peer set (industry) also includes Danske Bank A/S (DANSKE.CO), Axis Bank (AXISBANK.NS), Swedbank (SWED-A.ST), United Overseas Bank (U11.SI), DNB Bank (DNB.OL), PKO Bank Polski (PKO.WA).
Is Skandinaviska Enskilda Banken expensive compared with its peers?
On price / book it trades at 1.80× against a peer median of 1.58×, 6th most expensive of 21 in its peer set. The share price implies a return on equity of about 9.5%; Skandinaviska Enskilda Banken delivers 13.5%, so the price asks less than the business earns today.
How has Skandinaviska Enskilda Banken stock performed?
Over six months to 6 Nov 2026 the shares returned +19.8% against +4.8% for the median peer; over one year +18.7%.

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.