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5 companies value 648 bn revenue 224 bn margin — free cash flow — avg. score 6.1
SAN holds 29.5% of the group's value, 1.2x the runner-up · UBS leads the industry without being the largest
| Rank | Ticker | Company | Share | Value | Revenue | Margin | FCF | 5 years | FCF/px | Yield | What it does · why it is here |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | SAN | Banco Santander Spain · score 4.7 | 30% | 191 bn | 64 bn | 30.4% | -47 bn | -24.7% | 2.0% | Retail and wholesale banking in Spain, Brazil and Europe · Largest eurozone bank by customers; strong in Brazil and Mexico | |
| 2 | UBS | UBS Group Switzerland · score 6.0 | 24% | 157 bn | 53 bn | 18.1% | 9.0 bn | 5.7% | — | Investment banking and wealth management, from Switzerland · World's largest wealth manager after absorbing Credit Suisse | |
| 3 | BBVA | BBVA Spain · score 7.4 | 22% | 144 bn | 42 bn | 31.4% | 37 bn | 25.8% | 4.0% | Retail and wholesale banking in Spain, Mexico and South America · High profitability driven by its Mexican operation | |
| 4 | ING | ING Groep Netherlands · score 5.1 | 15% | 95 bn | 29 bn | 30.6% | -2.5 bn | -2.6% | 4.5% | Retail banking in Europe and wholesale banking for companies, from the Netherlands · Digital retail bank present across Europe | |
| 5 | DB | Deutsche Bank Germany · score 7.2 | 9% | 60 bn | 36 bn | 21.7% | 31 bn | 51.4% | 3.5% | Investment and wholesale banking, from Germany · Germany's largest bank, recovering its profitability |
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- Sector overview
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What this is. A catalogue, not a guide. Every industry with stocks listed on the NYSE or NASDAQ, the companies contending for its leadership, what each one does according to its own annual report, and the balance sheet it filed with the SEC.
The score runs from 0 to 10 and compares each company with every other one in the almanac on cash generation, profitability, debt, dividends and consistency over the last five years. The higher it is, the better the company fares in that comparison. Curious how much each part weighs? Ask at the bottom of the page.
The score runs from 0 to 10 and compares each company with every other one in the almanac on cash generation, profitability, debt, dividends and consistency over the last five years. The higher it is, the better the company fares in that comparison. Curious how much each part weighs? Ask at the bottom of the page.