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Unicaja Banco S.A.UNI.MCCompetitor analysis, valuation and peers

Spain · EUR·Financials›Major Banks

Spanish regional bank formed from the merger of Unicaja and Liberbank, focused on retail and SME banking.

≈ A Spanish regional savings-bank-turned-commercial-bankMomentum strong 71
Mkt cap
$9.53B
US dollars, full cap
Free float
65%
of shares outstanding
$/day
$13.9M
20-day average traded
P/B
1.34×
price to book
ROE
10.1%
delivered
Implied ROE
12.2%
what the price asks
Next earnings
88 days
2 Feb 2027
Close · EUR€3.31
1D-0.6%
1W+4.3%
1M+3.0%
3M-6.2%
6M+19.7%
YTD+19.0%
1Y+32.1%
ATR %2.3%
52w lowhigh10.3% off high

What Unicaja Banco does

Spanish regional bank formed from the merger of Unicaja and Liberbank, focused on retail and SME banking.

Earns mostly the spread between loan interest and the cost of deposits, and Spanish mortgages are largely variable-rate, so income follows euro interest rates quickly. It also earns commissions from selling insurance and funds through its branches. The 2021 merger with Liberbank made it a larger regional bank.

In one line: A Spanish regional savings-bank-turned-commercial-bank.

Products and services

  • Retail banking/mortgages
  • SME/corporate banking
  • Insurance/asset management distribution

Customers

  • Retail customers (Southern/Central Spain)
  • SMEs

Where it sits in the supply chain

  • Financials
  • Retail & commercial banking
  • Retail banking, mortgages, SME banking

What could go right

  • Merger cost-synergy realization
  • Spanish loan growth/net interest margin

What could go wrong

  • Sub-scale versus larger national banks
  • Legacy branch network cost base

Moat: narrow (scale, distribution). Regional retail banking franchise strengthened by the Unicaja-Liberbank merger, but sub-scale vs national banks.

Headquarters: Malaga, Spain · Founded: 1991 · Employees: 7,509

Named competitors

Unicaja Banco at a glance

Size Unicaja Banco (UNI.MC) is a Spain Financials company (Major Banks) with a market value of $9.53B, the 21st largest of 97 Spain companies the cockpit tracks. Shares closed at €3.31 on 6 Nov 2026.

Performance Over six months the shares gained 19.7%, against +2.2% for the median peer and +8.2% for the Spain market (cap-weighted) — 5th highest of 21 in its peer set.

Growth Revenue fell 2.9% over the last twelve months (peer median +7.4%); the operating margin is 44.0% (peer median 40.7%).

Valuation It trades at 1.34× book value against a peer median of 1.17× (7th most expensive of 21).

Price implies The share price implies a return on equity of about 12.2%; Unicaja Banco delivers 10.1%, so the price asks more than the business earns today.

Next results Next results expected around 2 Feb 2027 (exchange calendar; dates can move).

Relative performance

10012011 May 202611 Aug 20266 Nov 2026UNI.MC 121Peer median 103
Six months, rebased to 100: Unicaja Banco against the median of its 20 peers (local-currency closes).

Unicaja Banco financials

Reported figures in EUR; fiscal year ends 2025-12-31. TTM = trailing twelve months.
TTMFY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022
Revenue€2.97B€2.97B€3.32B€2.97B€1.96B
Revenue growth—-11%+12%+51%—
Net income€674M€626M€566M€260M€271M
Free cash flown/a€167M€682M€2.11B-€456M
Capital expendituren/a€109M€51.0M€68.7M€64.8M
Total debt€9.31B€13.1B€11.5B€13.7B€13.2B

Quarterly statements and history in the cockpit →

Unicaja Banco 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%-20%-10%0%ONBZIONPALSYDBIDBISSBJYSKUMBF8421FEDERALBNK3698601916BOKF8354VLYCANBK7167INDUSINDBKCEBGEOUNI.MC6-month return →1-month return →
Up and to the right = strong over both horizons. Unicaja Banco is the large dot.

Fundamentals: return on equity against price-to-book

5%10%15%20%0.50×10×1.50×20×ONBZIONPALSYDBIDBISSBJYSKUMBF8421FEDERALBNK36986019168354VLYCANBK7167INDUSINDBKCEBGEOMAHABANKUNI.MCReturn 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. Unicaja Banco is the large dot.

Capital: ROE delivered against the ROE the price implies

10%20%10%20%ONBZIONPALSYDBIDBISSBJYSKUMBF8421FEDERALBNK3698601916CANBKINDUSINDBKCEBGEOMAHABANKUNI.MCROE delivered →ROE the price implies →
Above the diagonal = the price asks for a higher return on equity than the business earns today. Unicaja Banco is the large dot.

Unicaja Banco competitors and peer comparison

Head to head with its named competitors (UNI.MC vs CABK.MC vs SAB.MC vs SAN.MC)
CompanyMarket cap6M returnRevenue growthROEPrice / bookImplied ROE
Unicaja Banco UNI.MC$9.53B+20%-3%10%1.34×12.2%
CaixaBank CABK.MC$91.9B+7%-2%16%2.05×13.3%
Banco de Sabadell SAB.MC$19.2B+8%-35%5%1.40×15.5%
Banco Santander SAN.MC$174B+4%+15%13%1.40×17.1%
Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria BBVA.MC$140B+20%+9%20%2.15×24.8%
Bankinter BKT.MC$14.5B+4%0%18%1.87×12.4%

How Unicaja Banco 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.

Unicaja Banco against its 20 peers (data as of 6 Nov 2026)
MeasureUNI.MCPeer medianRank in peer set
1-month return+3.0%+2.3%9th highest of 21
6-month return+19.7%+2.2%5th highest of 21
Return on equity10.1%10.9%8th lowest of 21
Price / book1.34×1.17×7th most expensive of 21
Trailing P/E12.6×11.1×8th most expensive of 21
ROE the price implies12.2%10.4%8th most demanding of 21
ROE delivered10.1%10.9%8th lowest 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
Unicaja Banco UNI.MCSpain$9.53B+20%-3%10%1.34×12.2%10.1%
Old National Bancorp ONBUnited States$9.43B+3%+18%12%1.17×10.3%11.5%
Zions Bancorporation NA Depositary Shs Repr 1/40th Int Ser A Flt Rt Non Cum Perp Pfd ZIONPUnited States$9.72B-16%+4%16%0.31×4.0%16.5%
AL Sydbank A/S ALSYDB.CODenmark$9.20B+37%+27%10%1.78×6.3%9.6%
IDBI Bank IDBI.NSIndia$9.04B+5%+3%12%1.18×26.1%11.8%
SouthState Bank SSBUnited States$10.1B+8%+18%10%1.11×9.3%10.3%
Jyske Bank A/S JYSK.CODenmark$9.02B+25%+3%10%1.32×5.3%10.3%
UMB Financial UMBFUnited States$10.2B+2%+17%14%1.34×11.2%13.5%
Shinkin Central Bank Pfd Subs Cert 8421.TJapan$10.3B-1%+47%3%1.02×4.4%3.0%
Federal Bank Ltd. (India) FEDERALBNK.NSIndia$8.81B+14%+11%13%1.97×27.7%13.1%
Huishang Bank 3698.HKHong Kong$8.31B-8%+1%11%0.36×3.8%10.7%
China Zheshang Bank 601916.SSChina$11.2B-2%-4%7%0.44×2.0%7.2%
BOK Financial BOKFUnited States$7.87B-2%+3%11%1.33×10.6%11.2%
Fukuoka Financial 8354.TJapan$7.75B0%+22%9%1.08×7.0%8.7%
Valley National Bancorp VLYUnited States$7.75B+5%+3%9%1.03×10.6%9.4%
Canara Bank CANBK.NSIndia$11.8B-10%-7%17%0.87×17.1%16.8%
Mebuki Financial 7167.TJapan$7.57B+6%+25%9%1.16×6.2%9.2%
IndusInd Bank INDUSINDBK.NSIndia$7.48B-4%-2%5%1.04×17.8%4.5%
Credito Emiliano CE.MIItaly$7.48B+26%-2%12%1.41×13.1%12.3%
Lion Finance BGEO.LUnited Kingdom$7.39B+20%+19%27%1.89×21.1%27.3%
Bank of Maharashtra MAHABANK.NSIndia$7.08B+2%+17%23%1.79×26.2%23.3%

Questions

Who are Unicaja Banco's main competitors?
Named competitors: CaixaBank (CABK.MC), Banco de Sabadell (SAB.MC), Ibercaja (private) (private or unlisted), Banco Santander (SAN.MC), BBVA (BBVA.MC), Bankinter (BKT.MC). The cockpit's measured peer set (industry) also includes Old National Bancorp (ONB), Zions Bancorporation NA Depositary Shs Repr 1/40th Int Ser A Flt Rt Non Cum Perp Pfd (ZIONP), AL Sydbank A/S (ALSYDB.CO), IDBI Bank (IDBI.NS), SouthState Bank (SSB), Jyske Bank A/S (JYSK.CO).
Is Unicaja Banco expensive compared with its peers?
On price / book it trades at 1.34× against a peer median of 1.17×, 7th most expensive of 21 in its peer set. The share price implies a return on equity of about 12.2%; Unicaja Banco delivers 10.1%, so the price asks more than the business earns today.
How has Unicaja Banco stock performed?
Over six months to 6 Nov 2026 the shares returned +19.7% against +2.2% 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.