SAN Stock Analysis: Banco Santander S.A. | MC

Banks - Diversified | MC, Spain | Market Cap: 181.748m EUR | 12M Return: 48% | ES0113900J37 | Charts, Fundamentals & Technical Analysis

Retail Banking, Corporate Banking, Wealth Management, Digital Payments
Total Rating 50
Safety 45
Buy Signal -0.10
Banks - Diversified
Industry Rotation: +5.1
Market Cap: 207B
Avg Turnover: 227M
Risk 3d forecast
Volatility25.5%
VaR 5th Pctl4.58%
VaR vs Median8.91%
Reward TTM
Sharpe Ratio1.27
Rel. Str. IBD79.8
Rel. Str. Peer Group56.2
Character TTM
Beta0.642
Beta Downside0.110
Hurst Exponent0.454
Drawdowns 3y
Max DD20.79%
CAGR/Max DD2.85
CAGR/Mean DD14.85
EPS (Earnings per Share) EPS (Earnings per Share) of SAN over the last years for every Quarter: "2021-09": 0.12, "2021-12": 0.12, "2022-03": 0.14, "2022-06": 0.13, "2022-09": 0.14, "2022-12": 0.13, "2023-03": 0.15, "2023-06": 0.16, "2023-09": 0.17, "2023-12": 0.18, "2024-03": 0.17, "2024-06": 0.2, "2024-09": 0.2, "2024-12": 0.2, "2025-03": 0.21, "2025-06": 0.22, "2025-09": 0.22, "2025-12": 0.24, "2026-03": 0.23, "2026-06": 0.25,
EPS CAGR: 16.17%
EPS Trend: 99.2%
Last SUE: 0.00
Qual. Beats: 0
Revenue Revenue of SAN over the last years for every Quarter: 2021-09: 12199, 2021-12: 12353, 2022-03: 12625, 2022-06: 12630, 2022-09: 13291, 2022-12: 13332, 2023-03: 28298, 2023-06: 13918, 2023-09: 11625, 2023-12: 12160, 2024-03: 12564, 2024-06: 15490, 2024-09: 12173, 2024-12: 14151, 2025-03: 12501, 2025-06: 14332, 2025-09: 14177, 2025-12: 14978, 2026-03: 29677, 2026-06: 15519,
Rev. CAGR: 4.51%
Rev. Trend: 28.3%
Last SUE: -0.01
Qual. Beats: 0

Warnings

Below Avwap Earnings

Tailwinds

No distinct edge detected

Seasonality 11.7 years of data

Jan +0.8% 8
Feb +0.0% 5
Mar -2.5% 19
Apr +1.4% 15
May +0.2% 7
Jun -1.8% 8
Jul -1.7% 5
Aug -1.2% 28
Sep -0.1% 2
Oct -0.1% 2
Nov -0.7% 14
Dec +0.5% 0

How good or bad each month usually is (without trend). The score below shows how much you can trust it: 0 = pure chance, >40 gets interesting and >55 is strong.

Description: SAN Banco Santander S.A.

Banco Santander, S.A. is a Madrid-headquartered Spanish multinational bank founded in 1856 and listed since 1987, operating across five reportable segments: Retail & Commercial Banking, Digital Consumer Bank, Corporate & Investment Banking, Wealth Management & Insurance, and Payments. It serves a broad customer base spanning individuals, small and medium-sized enterprises, large corporations, and public-sector entities worldwide, offering deposits, mortgages, consumer and corporate finance, capital markets services, wealth and asset management, cards, payments, and digital/mobile banking.

As a diversified bank within the Financials sector, Santander combines traditional balance-sheet lending with fee-generating activities such as asset management, insurance, advisory, and payments, which helps diversify earnings away from reliance on net interest income. Its multi-country footprint, spanning Europe, the Americas, and other regions, is a defining feature of its business model and distinguishes it from domestically focused peers.

Headlines to Watch Out For
  • ECB rate cuts pressure net interest margins
  • Brazil and Mexico loan growth lifts emerging markets earnings
  • Openbank digital push targets consumer finance expansion
Piotroski VR-10 (Strict) 7.0
Net Income: 16.2b TTM > 0 and > 6% of Revenue
FCF/TA: 0.04 > 0.02 and ΔFCF/TA 2.23 > 1.0
NWC/Revenue: -1.47k% < 20% (prev -1.37k%; Δ -102.2% < -1%)
CFO/TA 0.04 > 3% & CFO 83.5b > Net Income 16.2b
Net Debt (-14.3b) to EBITDA (22.8b): -0.63 < 3
Current Ratio: 0.11 > 1.5 & < 3
Outstanding Shares: last quarter (14.7b) vs 12m ago -5.88% < -2%
Gross Margin: 63.93% > 18% (prev 47.02%; Δ 16.91% > 0.5%)
Asset Turnover: 3.94% > 50% (prev 2.93%; Δ 1.02% > 0%)
Interest Coverage Ratio: 0.33 > 6 (EBIT TTM 19.5b / Interest Expense TTM 59.4b)
Altman Z'' -3.34
A: -0.56 (Total Current Assets 138b - Total Current Liabilities 1229b) / Total Assets 1954b
B: 0.06 (Retained Earnings 111b / Total Assets 1954b)
C: 0.01 (EBIT TTM 19.5b / Avg Total Assets 1885b)
D: 0.06 (Book Value of Equity 109b / Total Liabilities 1839b)
Altman-Z'' = -3.34 = D
What is the price of SAN shares?

As of September 27, 2026, the stock is trading at EUR 12.57 with a total of 16,722,914 shares traded. Over the past week, the price has changed by +0.38%, over one month by -0.06%, over three months by +5.51% and over the past year by +47.99%.

Current recommended Stop Loss: 12.10 (which is 3.7% or 1.8 ATR below the current price).

Is SAN a buy, sell or hold?

Banco Santander S.A. has no consensus analysts rating.

Banco Santander S.A. (SAN) - Fundamental Data Overview as of 26 September 2026
Market Cap USD = 207b (182b EUR * 1.1374752521515 EUR.USD)
P/E Trailing = 14.2364
P/E Forward = 10.2564
P/S = 3.7448
P/B = 1.673
P/EG = 0.9406
Revenue TTM = 74.4b EUR
EBIT TTM = 19.5b EUR
EBITDA TTM = 22.8b EUR
Long Term Debt = 348b EUR (from longTermDebt, last quarter)
Short Term Debt = 258b EUR (from shortTermDebt, last fiscal year)
Debt = 453b EUR (from shortLongTermDebtTotal, last quarter) + Leases 1.82b
Net Debt = -14.3b EUR (calculated: Debt 453b - CCE 467b)
Enterprise Value = 167b EUR (182b + Debt 453b - CCE 467b)
Interest Coverage Ratio = 0.33 (Ebit TTM 19.5b / Interest Expense TTM 59.4b)
EV/FCF = 2.16x (Enterprise Value 167b / FCF TTM 77.7b)
FCF Yield = 46.38% (FCF TTM 77.7b / Enterprise Value 167b)
 FCF Margin = 104.5% (FCF TTM 77.7b / Revenue TTM 74.4b)
 Net Margin = 21.84% (Net Income TTM 16.2b / Revenue TTM 74.4b)
Gross Margin = 63.93% ((Revenue TTM 74.4b - Cost of Revenue TTM 26.8b) / Revenue TTM)
Gross Margin QoQ = 78.27% (prev 41.30%)
Tobins Q-Ratio = 0.09 (Enterprise Value 167b / Total Assets 1954b)
Interest Expense / Debt = 13.11% (Interest Expense 59.4b / Debt 453b)
Taxrate = 24.56% (4.80b / 19.5b)
NOPAT = 14.7b (EBIT 19.5b * (1 - 24.56%))
Current Ratio = 0.11 (Total Current Assets 138b / Total Current Liabilities 1229b)
Debt / Equity = 4.14 (Debt 453b / totalStockholderEquity, last quarter 109b)
Debt / EBITDA = -0.63 (Net Debt -14.3b / EBITDA 22.8b)
Debt / FCF = -0.18 (Net Debt -14.3b / FCF TTM 77.7b)
Total Stockholder Equity = 105b (last 4 quarters mean from totalStockholderEquity)
RoA = 0.86% (Net Income 16.2b / Total Assets 1954b)
RoE = 15.48% (Net Income TTM 16.2b / Total Stockholder Equity 105b)
RoCE = 4.31% (EBIT 19.5b / Capital Employed (Equity 105b + L.T.Debt 348b))
RoIC = 1.51% (NOPAT 14.7b / Invested Capital 979b)
WACC = 9.42% (E(182b)/V(634b) * Re(8.24%) + D(453b)/V(634b) * Rd(13.11%) * (1-Tc(0.25)))
Discount Rate = 8.24% (= CAPM, Blume Beta Adj.)
Shares (quarterly) Correlation: -88.43 | Cagr: -5.77%
[DCF] Terminal Value 74.59% ; FCFF base≈59.3b ; Y1≈67.9b ; Y5≈100.0b
[DCF] Fair Price = 88.26 (EV 1266b - Net Debt -14.3b = Equity 1280b / Shares 14.5b; r=9.42% [WACC]; 5y FCF grow 15.0% → 2.50% )
EPS Correlation: 99.23 | EPS CAGR: 16.17% | SUE: 0.0 | # QB: 0
Revenue Correlation: 28.33 | Revenue CAGR: 4.51% | SUE: -0.01 | # QB: 0
EPS current Quarter (2026-09-30): EPS=0.27 | Chg30d=+0.00% | Revisions=+0% | Analysts=2
EPS current Year (2026-12-31): EPS=1.04 | Chg30d=+1.44% | Revisions=+40% | GrowthEPS=+15.8% | GrowthRev=+2.2%
EPS next Year (2027-12-31): EPS=1.27 | Chg30d=+1.93% | Revisions=+67% | GrowthEPS=+21.8% | GrowthRev=+8.9%
[Analyst] Revisions Ratio: +73% (up=8, down=0)