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Cantonal bank of Valais offering retail, corporate and mortgage banking across the canton.
Cantonal bank of Valais offering retail, corporate and mortgage banking across the canton.
Earns the gap between interest on mortgages and business loans and the cost of customer deposits, with home mortgages in Valais the bulk of lending, plus fees from payments and wealth management. The canton of Valais owns most of its shares and guarantees its obligations.
Moat: narrow (regulatory licence, distribution). State guarantee and dense branch presence anchor deposit funding across Valais.
Headquarters: Sion, Switzerland · Founded: 1917 · Employees: 561
Size Walliser Kantonalbank (WKBN.SW) is a Switzerland Financials company (Regional Banks) with a market value of $3.15B, the 76th largest of 158 Switzerland companies the cockpit tracks. Shares closed at CHF 163.50 on 6 Nov 2026.
Performance Over six months the shares gained 3.8%, against -2.4% for the median peer and +11.6% for the Switzerland market (cap-weighted) — 6th highest of 21 in its peer set.
Growth Revenue fell 11.9% over the last twelve months (peer median +1.3%); the operating margin is 36.8% (peer median 36.4%).
Valuation It trades at 1.50× book value against a peer median of 1.07× (2nd most expensive of 21).
Credit Walliser Kantonalbank has 2 bonds outstanding ($427M).
| TTM | FY2025 | FY2024 | FY2023 | FY2022 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | CHF 350M | CHF 358M | CHF 438M | CHF 419M | CHF 278M |
| Revenue growth | — | -18% | +4% | +51% | — |
| Net income | CHF 88.5M | CHF 85.9M | CHF 90.5M | CHF 90.4M | CHF 72.9M |
| Free cash flow | n/a | n/a | CHF 19.6M | CHF 57.0M | CHF 285M |
| Capital expenditure | n/a | CHF 0 | CHF 19.3M | CHF 12.6M | CHF 12.5M |
| Total debt | n/a | CHF 7.25B | CHF 6.97B | CHF 6.67B | CHF 6.14B |
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| Company | Market cap | 6M return | Revenue growth | ROE | Price / book | Implied ROE |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Walliser Kantonalbank WKBN.SW | $3.15B | +4% | -12% | 5% | 1.50× | n/a |
| Berner Kantonalbank BEKN.SW | $5.07B | +17% | -4% | 7% | 1.34× | n/a |
| Zuger Kantonalbank ZUGER.SW | $4.04B | +8% | -10% | 8% | 2.03× | n/a |
| Banque Cantonale Vaudoise BCVN.SW | $14.4B | +20% | -8% | 12% | 3.07× | n/a |
| Banque Cantonale de Geneve BCGE.SW | $3.17B | +12% | -3% | 10% | 1.01× | n/a |
| Luzerner Kantonalbank LUKN.SW | $7.86B | +28% | -3% | 9% | 1.76× | n/a |
| Valiant VATN.SW | $2.93B | -9% | -11% | 6% | 0.86× | n/a |
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.
| Measure | WKBN.SW | Peer median | Rank in peer set |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1-month return | 0.0% | +0.8% | 9th lowest of 21 |
| 6-month return | +3.8% | -2.4% | 6th highest of 21 |
| Return on equity | 5.3% | 8.7% | 3rd lowest of 21 |
| Price / book | 1.50× | 1.07× | 2nd most expensive of 21 |
| Trailing P/E | 29.0× | 11.4× | most expensive of 18 |
| ROE delivered | 5.3% | 9.5% | 2nd lowest of 18 |
| Company | Market | Market cap | 6M return | Revenue growth | ROE | Price / book | Implied ROE | Delivered ROE |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Walliser Kantonalbank WKBN.SW | Switzerland | $3.15B | +4% | -12% | 5% | 1.50× | n/a | 5.3% |
| UCO Bank UCOBANK.NS | India | $3.17B | -13% | +1% | 9% | 0.86× | 13.6% | n/a |
| Bank of Guiyang 601997.SS | China | $3.20B | -3% | -5% | 7% | 0.32× | 2.0% | 6.9% |
| Seacoast Banking Corporation of Florida SBCF | United States | $3.24B | +8% | +29% | 7% | 1.25× | 10.9% | 6.8% |
| First Hawaiian FHB | United States | $3.04B | -9% | +1% | 10% | 1.08× | 9.3% | 9.9% |
| Cembra Money Bank CMBN.SW | Switzerland | $3.03B | -9% | -3% | 15% | 1.93× | 4.1% | 14.7% |
| TowneBank TOWN | United States | $3.36B | +4% | +36% | 13% | 1.08× | 9.0% | 12.9% |
| Taichung Commercial Bank 2812.TW | Taiwan | $3.38B | -12% | -13% | 11% | 1.16× | 3.9% | 11.2% |
| Valiant VATN.SW | Switzerland | $2.93B | -9% | -11% | 6% | 0.86× | n/a | 5.8% |
| Mechanics Bancorp MCHB | United States | $3.41B | -1% | +131% | 10% | 1.33× | 14.8% | 10.2% |
| First Financial Bancorp FFBC | United States | $3.43B | +6% | +13% | 11% | 1.19× | 10.9% | 10.7% |
| BNK Financial 138930.KS | South Korea | $2.88B | -31% | +10% | 8% | 0.39× | 4.1% | n/a |
| Nishi-Nippon Financial 7189.T | Japan | $3.47B | +3% | +28% | 8% | 0.88× | 6.9% | 7.8% |
| Banc of California BANC | United States | $2.86B | -6% | -14% | 0% | 1.00× | 8.6% | -0.3% |
| Jiangsu Changshu Rural Commercial Bank 601128.SS | China | $3.48B | -4% | -1% | 14% | 0.67× | 2.5% | 13.8% |
| First Interstate BancSystem FIBK | United States | $3.50B | +4% | -4% | 10% | 1.12× | 9.0% | 9.5% |
| Customers Bancorp CUBI | United States | $2.82B | +10% | +8% | 14% | 1.29× | 14.7% | 13.6% |
| Yamaguchi Financial 8418.T | Japan | $3.54B | +6% | +19% | 6% | 0.84× | 5.8% | 5.7% |
| Renasant RNST | United States | $3.55B | -2% | +20% | 9% | 0.93× | 9.5% | 8.7% |
| Twenty One Capital XXI | United States | $3.57B | -36% | n/a | -12% | 1.38× | 7.6% | n/a |
| Union Bank of Taiwan 2838.TW | Taiwan | $2.75B | +2% | -9% | 8% | 1.06× | 3.7% | 8.5% |
Walliser Kantonalbank has 2 bonds outstanding with $427M face value.