Skandinaviska Enskilda Banken AB (publ) (SVKEF) Stock

About Skandinaviska Enskilda Banken AB (publ)

Skandinaviska Enskilda Banken AB (publ), known as SEB, delivers a comprehensive array of financial services to a diverse clientele, encompassing corporate entities, private individuals, and institutional investors. Its operations are systematically organized into distinct divisions: Large Corporates & Financial Institutions, Corporate & Private Customers, Baltic, Life, and Investment Management. The bank furnishes valuable research and strategic insights, alongside expert analysis, advisory, execution, and trading capabilities across major financial markets, including foreign exchange, fixed income, equities, and commodities. Furthermore, SEB facilitates essential transaction services such as cash management, trade and supply chain financing, and other business-focused solutions, complemented by a full suite of investor support services. SEB's investment banking arm provides a complete range of offerings, which include corporate finance advisory for activities like mergers, acquisitions, and divestitures, as well as equity capital market solutions for initial public offerings (IPOs), rights issues, and private placements. Debt transaction services cover the issuance of bonds, financing for corporate acquisitions, and general corporate refinancing needs. The bank also specializes in leveraged and structured finance, in addition to dedicated real estate and shipping finance services. Beyond its core banking and investment services, SEB supports innovative ventures with venture capital. It offers diverse asset management products, spanning investments in equities, fixed income, hedge funds, commodities, and private equity solutions. The institution also provides a comprehensive insurance portfolio, featuring pensions, life, health, and disability coverage. Serving a varied client base that includes major corporations, financial institutions, private individuals, and small to medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), SEB reaches its customers through 156 physical branch offices. Its extensive global presence includes operations in Sweden, Norway, Denmark, Finland, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Germany, the United Kingdom, the United States, Ireland, Luxembourg, China, Singapore, Russia, Poland, Hong Kong, and Ukraine, among other international markets. This venerable financial institution, established in 1856, maintains its head office in Stockholm, Sweden.

Skandinaviska Enskilda Banken AB (publ) is headquartered in SE.

Skandinaviska Enskilda Banken AB (publ) (SVKEF) stock trades at $23.25 with a market capitalization of $45.30B. The stock is valued at a price-to-earnings (P/E) ratio of 14.07, price-to-book of 1.93, price-to-sales of 2.94. Over the past 52 weeks the stock has ranged between $17.70 and $23.67, and currently trades 1.8% below its 52-week high. It pays a dividend yielding 5.03%.

On profitability, Skandinaviska Enskilda Banken AB (publ) generates a return on equity (ROE) of 13.93%, return on capital employed of 1.86%, an operating margin of 26.27%, a net profit margin of 21.11%.

In its most recent fiscal year, Skandinaviska Enskilda Banken AB (publ) reported annual revenue of $152.6B, net profit of $31.1B. Over the last 5 fiscal years, revenue grew at an average annual rate of 28.5%, and net profit grew at an average annual rate of 14.6%.

The balance sheet shows a debt-to-equity ratio of 4.23 (debt more than twice shareholders' equity), a current ratio of 0.23, total assets of $3.66T, $299.9B in cash and equivalents. For banks and other lenders, borrowing and deposits are part of the business model, so debt-to-equity and the current ratio read differently than for other companies.

SVKEF has an average daily trading volume of 202 shares, a beta of 0.43 (historically less volatile than the overall market).

Official website: sebgroup.com