Skandinaviska (SVKEF) vs. The Competition Financial Comparison

Skandinaviska (OTCMKTS:SVKEF) is one of 919 public companies in the “Banks” industry, but how does it contrast to its competitors? We will compare Skandinaviska to related companies based on the strength of its risk, earnings, profitability, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, dividends and valuation.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of current ratings for Skandinaviska and its competitors, as reported by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Skandinaviska	0	7	0	0	2.00
Skandinaviska Competitors	7490	30232	27819	1480	2.35

As a group, “Banks” companies have a potential upside of 14.30%. Given Skandinaviska’s competitors stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Skandinaviska has less favorable growth aspects than its competitors.

Insider & Institutional Ownership

47.8% of shares of all “Banks” companies are held by institutional investors. 9.7% of shares of all “Banks” companies are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Risk & Volatility

Skandinaviska has a beta of 0.59, suggesting that its share price is 41% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Skandinaviska’s competitors have a beta of 0.61, suggesting that their average share price is 39% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Profitability

This table compares Skandinaviska and its competitors’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Skandinaviska	21.03%	15.43%	0.85%
Skandinaviska Competitors	15.65%	9.43%	0.93%

Valuation and Earnings

This table compares Skandinaviska and its competitors gross revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
Skandinaviska	$23.09 billion	$3.17 billion	12.01
Skandinaviska Competitors	$9.95 billion	$2.42 billion	21.42

Skandinaviska has higher revenue and earnings than its competitors. Skandinaviska is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than its competitors, indicating that it is currently more affordable than other companies in its industry.

Summary

Skandinaviska competitors beat Skandinaviska on 9 of the 13 factors compared.

About Skandinaviska

Skandinaviska Enskilda Banken AB (publ) provides corporate, retail, investment, and private banking services. The company operates through Large Corporates & Financial Institutions, Corporate & Private Customers, Private Wealth Management & Family Office, Baltic, Life, and Investment Management divisions. It offers treasury advisory services; factoring and receivable, trade, and export financing; markets and trading, such as equities, fixed income, commodities, and foreign exchange; financial services, including investment, financing, and ownership; and shipping and real estate finance. In addition, it offers venture capital for entrepreneurs and innovators; private wealth management; investor services; asset management and life insurance products that include funds, tailored portfolios, and life insurance; fixed income, commodities, debt capital market, and equity research; investment banking; venture capital; and cash management products comprising integration service, file integration network, and payment solutions. The company serves large corporates, financial institutions, private individuals, and small and medium-sized companies. It operates in Sweden, Norway, Denmark, Finland, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Germany, the United Kingdom, Austria, the United States, Ireland, Luxembourg, Switzerland, Brazil, India, China, the Netherlands, Singapore, Russia, Poland, Hong Kong, Ukraine, and internationally. The company was founded in 1856 and is headquartered in Stockholm, Sweden.