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St.Galler Kantonalbank AGSGKN.SWCompetitor analysis, valuation and peers

Switzerland · CHF·Financials›Major Banks

Cantonal (state-backed) bank serving retail, business and private-banking clients in the St. Gallen region.

≈ A Swiss state-guaranteed regional bank, like a state-backed community bankMomentum strong 71
Mkt cap
$5.22B
US dollars, full cap
Free float
48%
of shares outstanding
$/day
$2.10M
20-day average traded
P/B
1.37×
price to book
ROE
7.6%
delivered
Implied ROE
n/a
what the price asks
Next earnings
103 days
17 Feb 2027
Close · CHFCHF 712.00
1D-1.1%
1W+0.4%
1M+0.3%
3M+12.8%
6M+18.7%
YTD+24.7%
1Y+38.2%
ATR %1.6%
52w lowhigh1.5% off high

What St.Galler Kantonalbank does

Cantonal (state-backed) bank serving retail, business and private-banking clients in the St. Gallen region.

Earns mostly from the interest gap on mortgages funded by local deposits, with fee income from investment advice and asset management for private clients. The canton of St. Gallen holds the majority of shares and guarantees the bank's liabilities.

In one line: A Swiss state-guaranteed regional bank, like a state-backed community bank.

Products and services

  • Retail & SME banking
  • Mortgages
  • Private banking
  • Asset management

Customers

  • Retail customers
  • SMEs
  • Private-banking clients in eastern Switzerland

Where it sits in the supply chain

  • Financial services
  • Banking
  • Regional/cantonal bank

What could go right

  • Rising mortgage volumes in home canton
  • Wealth-management fee growth

What could go wrong

  • Swiss mortgage-market saturation
  • Interest-margin sensitivity to SNB rates

Moat: narrow (regulatory licence, distribution, brand). State guarantee and dense home-canton branch network anchor low-cost deposits and mortgage share.

Headquarters: St. Gallen, Switzerland · Founded: 1868 · Employees: 1,470

Named competitors

St.Galler Kantonalbank at a glance

Size St.Galler Kantonalbank (SGKN.SW) is a Switzerland Financials company (Major Banks) with a market value of $5.22B, the 56th largest of 158 Switzerland companies the cockpit tracks. Shares closed at CHF 712.00 on 6 Nov 2026.

Performance Over six months the shares gained 18.7%, against +4.1% for the median peer and +11.6% for the Switzerland market (cap-weighted) — 3rd highest of 21 in its peer set.

Growth Revenue fell 13.4% over the last twelve months (peer median +8.5%); the operating margin is 42.2% (peer median 36.5%).

Valuation It trades at 1.37× book value against a peer median of 0.98× (6th most expensive of 21).

Next results Next results expected around 17 Feb 2027 (exchange calendar; dates can move).

Relative performance

10011012011 May 202611 Aug 20266 Nov 2026SGKN.SW 119Peer median 106
Six months, rebased to 100: St.Galler Kantonalbank against the median of its 20 peers (local-currency closes).

St.Galler Kantonalbank financials

Reported figures in CHF; fiscal year ends 2025-12-31. TTM = trailing twelve months.
TTMFY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022
RevenueCHF 843MCHF 868MCHF 1.05BCHF 956MCHF 609M
Revenue growth—-17%+9%+57%—
Net incomeCHF 233MCHF 227MCHF 215MCHF 207MCHF 184M
Free cash flown/a-CHF 1.17BCHF 193MCHF 2.13MCHF 255M
Capital expendituren/aCHF 3.30MCHF 11.3MCHF 13.3MCHF 10.3M
Total debtn/aCHF 14.4BCHF 11.6BCHF 10.2BCHF 10.8B

Quarterly statements and history in the cockpit →

St.Galler Kantonalbank 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%-20%-10%0%AXAVAL601963ASBYESBANK8341FULTBMA0023LLBNRBLBANKTCBIIOBFFINFNBFLGBANKINDIA7180SGKN.SW6-month return →1-month return →
Up and to the right = strong over both horizons. St.Galler Kantonalbank is the large dot.

Fundamentals: return on equity against price-to-book

5%10%15%0.50×10×1.50×AXAVAL601963ASBYESBANK8341FULTBMA0023LLBNRBLBANKTCBIIOBFFINFNBFLGBANKINDIAMAHABANK7180SBNORSGKN.SWReturn 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. St.Galler Kantonalbank is the large dot.

St.Galler Kantonalbank competitors and peer comparison

Head to head with its named competitors (SGKN.SW vs LUKN.SW vs BCVN.SW vs UBSG.SW)
CompanyMarket cap6M returnRevenue growthROEPrice / bookImplied ROE
St.Galler Kantonalbank SGKN.SW$5.22B+19%-13%8%1.37×n/a
Luzerner Kantonalbank LUKN.SW$7.86B+28%-3%9%1.76×n/a
Banque Cantonale Vaudoise BCVN.SW$14.4B+20%-8%12%3.07×n/a
UBS UBSG.SW$148B+13%-5%11%1.62×8.4%
Thurgauer Kantonalbank TKBP.SW$838M-6%-11%6%0.23×n/a
Valiant VATN.SW$2.93B-9%-11%6%0.86×n/a
Berner Kantonalbank BEKN.SW$5.07B+17%-4%7%1.34×n/a

How St.Galler Kantonalbank 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.

St.Galler Kantonalbank against its 20 peers (data as of 6 Nov 2026)
MeasureSGKN.SWPeer medianRank in peer set
1-month return+0.3%-0.5%11th highest of 21
6-month return+18.7%+4.1%3rd highest of 21
Return on equity7.6%9.6%7th lowest of 21
Price / book1.37×0.98×6th most expensive of 21
Trailing P/E18.3×11.7×4th most expensive of 21
ROE delivered7.6%9.8%6th lowest of 20

Peer table

Peer set: Industry: the same industry and sector in any market, nearest in size
CompanyMarketMarket cap6M returnRevenue growthROEPrice / bookImplied ROEDelivered ROE
St.Galler Kantonalbank SGKN.SWSwitzerland$5.22B+19%-13%8%1.37×n/a7.6%
Axos Financial AXUnited States$5.26B+7%+18%17%1.60×16.5%16.7%
Grupo Aval Acciones y Valores SA Sponsored ADR Pfd AVALUnited States$5.29B-5%+15%11%0.95×7.8%10.8%
Bank of Chongqing 601963.SSChina$5.13B+7%+5%10%0.65×3.0%9.8%
Associated Banc-Corp ASBUnited States$5.64B+6%+23%10%1.07×9.3%10.2%
Yes Bank YESBANK.NSIndia$5.72B-24%+5%8%1.01×15.3%8.2%
77 Bank 8341.TJapan$4.66B+7%+21%9%0.95×5.9%9.4%
Fulton Financial FULTUnited States$4.54B+11%+3%12%1.29×10.5%11.6%
Banco Macro SA Sponsored ADR BMAUnited States$4.53B-21%+4%7%0.87×11.3%7.5%
Bank of East Asia 0023.HKHong Kong$6.03B+27%-9%3%0.44×5.2%3.2%
Liechtensteinische Landesbank LLBN.SWSwitzerland$4.40B+24%-2%8%1.48×n/a7.7%
RBL Bank RBLBANK.NSIndia$6.21B+10%+9%4%1.35×23.1%4.0%
Texas Capital Bancshares TCBIUnited States$4.39B+1%+3%10%1.34×9.8%10.2%
Indian Overseas Bank IOB.NSIndia$6.23B-13%+14%18%1.46×17.2%17.9%
First Financial Bankshares FFINUnited States$4.36B-6%+8%16%2.38×17.0%15.9%
F.N.B FNBUnited States$6.28B0%+2%9%0.92×8.9%9.0%
Flagstar Bank, National Association FLGUnited States$4.21B-26%-18%1%0.59×7.4%1.2%
Bank of India BANKINDIA.NSIndia$6.68B-1%+9%14%0.67×12.5%14.1%
Bank of Maharashtra MAHABANK.NSIndia$7.08B+2%+17%23%1.79×26.2%23.3%
Kyushu Financial 7180.TJapan$3.79B+7%+15%5%0.73×6.6%4.9%
Sparebanken Norge SBNOR.OLNorway$3.78B+8%+62%7%0.71×6.1%n/a

Questions

Who are St.Galler Kantonalbank's main competitors?
Named competitors: Luzerner Kantonalbank (LUKN.SW), Banque Cantonale Vaudoise (BCVN.SW), Zuercher Kantonalbank (private or unlisted), Raiffeisen Switzerland (private or unlisted), UBS Group (UBSG.SW), Thurgauer Kantonalbank (TKBP.SW). The cockpit's measured peer set (industry) also includes Axos Financial (AX), Grupo Aval Acciones y Valores SA Sponsored ADR Pfd (AVAL), Bank of Chongqing (601963.SS), Associated Banc-Corp (ASB), Yes Bank (YESBANK.NS), 77 Bank (8341.T).
Is St.Galler Kantonalbank expensive compared with its peers?
On price / book it trades at 1.37× against a peer median of 0.98×, 6th most expensive of 21 in its peer set.
How has St.Galler Kantonalbank stock performed?
Over six months to 6 Nov 2026 the shares returned +18.7% against +4.1% for the median peer; over one year +38.2%.

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.