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UniCredit S.p.A.UCG.MICompetitor analysis, valuation and peers

Italy · EUR·Financials›Major Banks

Italy's largest bank by international reach, providing retail and corporate banking across Italy, Germany, Austria and Central/Eastern Europe.

≈ Italy's Bank of America/CitigroupMomentum neutral 50
Mkt cap
$130B
US dollars, full cap
Free float
93%
of shares outstanding
$/day
$354M
20-day average traded
P/B
1.77×
price to book
ROE
17.3%
delivered
Implied ROE
25.8%
what the price asks
Official | Implied
BBB- / —
agencies · bond market
Next earnings
2 days
8 Nov 2026
Close · EUR€76.80
1D-0.5%
1W+5.1%
1M+1.9%
3M-9.5%
6M+6.2%
YTD+8.3%
1Y+21.9%
ATR %2.8%
52w lowhigh11.1% off high

What UniCredit does

Italy's largest bank by international reach, providing retail and corporate banking across Italy, Germany, Austria and Central/Eastern Europe.

Earns most of its income from the spread between what it pays on deposits and charges on loans, plus fees from payments, wealth and investment banking. Italy, Germany (through HypoVereinsbank) and Central and Eastern Europe carry the business, and it has built a large stake in Germany's Commerzbank.

In one line: Italy's Bank of America/Citigroup.

Products and services

  • Italian retail & corporate banking
  • Central/Eastern Europe banking network
  • Corporate & investment banking
  • Wealth management

Customers

  • Retail customers
  • SMEs & corporates
  • Institutional investors

Where it sits in the supply chain

  • Financial services
  • Universal banking
  • Retail banking, corporate banking, CEE…

What could go right

  • Italian/European rate environment
  • CEE banking growth
  • M&A optionality (Commerzbank/BPM stakes)

What could go wrong

  • Political/regulatory scrutiny of cross-border M&A ambitions
  • Italian sovereign/credit cycle exposure
  • Integration risk from stake-building strategy

Moat: narrow (scale, distribution, customer relationships). Broad pan-European retail/corporate franchise across Italy and CEE, though competitive domestic banking margins.

Headquarters: Milan, Italy · Founded: 1998 · Employees: 73,091

Named competitors

UniCredit at a glance

Size UniCredit (UCG.MI) is an Italy Financials company (Major Banks) with a market value of $130B, the largest of 123 Italy companies the cockpit tracks. Shares closed at €76.80 on 6 Nov 2026.

Performance Over six months the shares gained 6.2%, against +9.9% for the median peer and +3.1% for the Italy market (cap-weighted) — 7th lowest of 21 in its peer set.

Growth Revenue grew 2.1% over the last twelve months (peer median +4.0%); the operating margin is 56.1% (peer median 37.2%).

Valuation It trades at 1.77× book value against a peer median of 1.61× (10th most expensive of 21).

Price implies The share price implies a return on equity of about 25.8%; UniCredit delivers 17.3%, so the price asks more than the business earns today.

Credit UniCredit has 4 bonds outstanding ($4.25B), rated BBB- by the agencies.

Next results Next results expected around 8 Nov 2026 (exchange calendar; dates can move).

Relative performance

10011012011 May 202611 Aug 20266 Nov 2026Peer median 112UCG.MI 108
Six months, rebased to 100: UniCredit against the median of its 20 peers (local-currency closes).

UniCredit financials

Reported figures in EUR; fiscal year ends 2025-12-31. TTM = trailing twelve months.
TTMFY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022
Revenue€25.5B€41.6B€49.2B€46.8B€28.0B
Revenue growth—-15%+5%+67%—
Net income€11.1B€10.9B€9.72B€9.51B€6.38B
Free cash flown/a€10.3B€11.7B-€95.7B-€60.3B
Capital expendituren/a€1.27B€1.74B€1.15B€1.17B
Total debt€230B€202B€191B€191B€237B

Quarterly statements and history in the cockpit →

UniCredit 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%+10%+20%-10%0%+10%HDFCBANKCOFBBVAISPBMO8316BNPBNS8411D0533286000363968O39SANUSBINGAPNCWBCCBAUCG.MI6-month return →1-month return →
Up and to the right = strong over both horizons. UniCredit is the large dot.

Fundamentals: return on equity against price-to-book

10%12%14%16%10×20×HDFCBANKCOFBBVAISPBMO8316BNPBNS8411D0533286000363968O39SANINGAWBCCBAUCG.MIReturn 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. UniCredit is the large dot.

Capital: ROE delivered against the ROE the price implies

5%10%15%20%25%10%20%HDFCBANKCOFBBVAISPBMO8316BNPBNS8411D0533286000363968O39SANWBCCBAUCG.MIROE delivered →ROE the price implies →
Above the diagonal = the price asks for a higher return on equity than the business earns today. UniCredit is the large dot.

UniCredit competitors and peer comparison

Head to head with its named competitors (UCG.MI vs ISP.MI vs BNP.PA vs CBK.DE)
CompanyMarket cap6M returnRevenue growthROEPrice / bookImplied ROE
UniCredit UCG.MI$130B+6%+2%17%1.77×25.8%
Intesa Sanpaolo ISP.MI$120B+6%-6%16%1.81×20.7%
BNP Paribas BNP.PA$114B0%+8%11%0.84×10.4%
Commerzbank CBK.DE$46.3B+4%-3%10%1.36×10.3%

How UniCredit 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.

UniCredit against its 20 peers (data as of 6 Nov 2026)
MeasureUCG.MIPeer medianRank in peer set
1-month return+1.9%+2.9%9th lowest of 21
6-month return+6.2%+9.9%7th lowest of 21
Return on equity17.3%13.0%2nd highest of 21
Price / book1.77×1.61×10th most expensive of 21
ROE the price implies25.8%14.4%2nd most demanding of 21
ROE delivered17.3%13.0%2nd highest of 21

Peer table

Peer set: Industry: the same industry and sector in any market, nearest in size
CompanyMarketMarket cap6M returnRevenue growthROEPrice / bookImplied ROEDelivered ROE
UniCredit UCG.MIItaly$130B+6%+2%17%1.77×25.8%17.3%
HDFC Bank HDFCBANK.NSIndia$129B-1%+5%14%2.00×24.8%13.9%
Capital One COFUnited States$121B+7%+26%9%1.11×11.1%9.3%
Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria BBVA.MCSpain$140B+20%+9%20%2.15×24.8%19.6%
Intesa Sanpaolo ISP.MIItaly$120B+6%-6%16%1.81×20.7%16.4%
Bank of Montreal BMO.TOCanada$120B+16%-2%11%2.14×16.4%10.6%
Sumitomo Mitsui Financial 8316.TJapan$145B+35%+11%11%1.42×10.0%11.2%
BNP Paribas BNP.PAFrance$114B0%+8%11%0.84×10.4%10.9%
Bank of Nova Scotia BNS.TOCanada$114B+21%-3%12%1.99×16.3%11.6%
Mizuho Financial 8411.TJapan$110B+7%+6%13%1.52×11.5%12.5%
DBS D05.SISingapore$155B+19%-5%16%2.83×21.4%16.3%
Bank of Communications 3328.HKHong Kong$107B+19%+3%8%0.55×4.8%8.3%
China Merchants Bank 600036.SSChina$164B+12%+9%14%0.94×5.4%13.6%
Cm Bank 3968.HKHong Kong$165B+16%+3%13%0.99×10.2%13.3%
Oversea-Chinese Banking O39.SISingapore$97.6B+23%-3%13%2.02×14.9%13.2%
Banco Santander SAN.MCSpain$174B+4%+15%13%1.40×17.1%13.1%
U.S. Bancorp USBUnited States$92.6B+8%+1%13%1.55×13.9%12.8%
ING Groep INGA.ASNetherlands$89.8B+11%+7%14%1.63×12.5%13.6%
PNC Financial Services PNCUnited States$89.4B+4%+8%13%1.59×13.2%12.9%
Westpac Banking WBC.AXAustralia$87.6B+4%+2%9%1.78×16.4%9.5%
Commonwealth Bank of Australia CBA.AXAustralia$194B+9%+1%14%3.56×33.3%13.9%

UniCredit bonds and credit

UniCredit has 4 bonds outstanding with $4.25B face value. The agencies rate it BBB-.

Every bond, yield and spread in the cockpit →

Questions

Who are UniCredit's main competitors?
Named competitors: Intesa Sanpaolo (ISP.MI), BNP Paribas (BNP.PA), Erste Group Bank (private or unlisted), Raiffeisen Bank International (private or unlisted), Commerzbank (CBK.DE). The cockpit's measured peer set (industry) also includes HDFC Bank (HDFCBANK.NS), Capital One (COF), Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria (BBVA.MC), Intesa Sanpaolo (ISP.MI), Bank of Montreal (BMO.TO), Sumitomo Mitsui Financial (8316.T).
Is UniCredit expensive compared with its peers?
On price / book it trades at 1.77× against a peer median of 1.61×, 10th most expensive of 21 in its peer set. The share price implies a return on equity of about 25.8%; UniCredit delivers 17.3%, so the price asks more than the business earns today.
How has UniCredit stock performed?
Over six months to 6 Nov 2026 the shares returned +6.2% against +9.9% for the median peer; over one year +21.9%.

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.