# Bper Banca (BPE.MI)

Canonical: https://gigainvestors.com/s/BPE.MI

Analysis as of: 2026-10-16T07:34:12.527Z. Financial observations: FY2017–FY2025.

Listing currency: EUR. Reporting currency: EUR.

## Verdict

Not a wonderful business

Quality tests for Buy: not passed (profit record: pass; earnings resilience is evidence only). Published buy qualification: no.

Share price: EUR 13.46 per share; close as of 2026-10-14.

## Checklist

### understandable: pass

- Financial history: 9 years

- Profitable years in the last ten: 9

- Required profitable years: 9

- Return on common equity variation (informational): 0.40×

Chart: Net income; fiscal year observations.

- FY2017: EUR 176M

- FY2018: EUR 402M

- FY2019: EUR 380M

- FY2020: EUR 237M

- FY2021: EUR 525M

- FY2022: EUR 1.4B

- FY2023: EUR 1.5B

- FY2024: EUR 1.4B

- FY2025: EUR 1.8B

### moat: pass

- Tangible common book per share

- Parent-total proxy for preferred equity and common earnings

- Bank / P&C ROTE, median of available years: 12.2%

- Required median return: 12.0%

- Return uses tangible common equity: Yes

- Bank ROTE, second-lowest year: 8.4%

- Years with reported combined ratio: 0

Chart: Return on tangible common equity; fiscal year observations.

- FY2017: 3.9%

- FY2018: 10.2%

- FY2019: 8.5%

- FY2020: 18.4%

- FY2021: 8.4%

- FY2022: 19.6%

- FY2023: 17.4%

- FY2024: 13.2%

- FY2025: 12.2%

### economics: fail

- Tangible common book per share

- Parent-total proxy for preferred equity and common earnings

- book value per share plus dividends compounded below 7% annually

- Book value per share + reinvested dividends, annualized return: 6.7%

- Book return interval: 8 years

- Starting book value per share: EUR 6.41

- Ending book value per share: EUR 8.96

Chart: Annual book + dividend return; fiscal year observations.

- FY2018: -12.3%

- FY2019: 6.7%

- FY2020: -84.3%

- FY2021: 389.1%

- FY2022: 16.7%

- FY2023: 20.4%

- FY2024: 30.4%

- FY2025: 27.7%

### management: fail

- Tangible common book per share

- Parent-total proxy for preferred equity and common earnings

- ordinary share count growth exceeds 2% annually in both the full and five-year windows

- book per share gain below retained common earnings per share

- Diluted shares, 10-year annual growth: 11.3%

- Diluted shares, 5-year annual growth: 3.4%

- Share growth excluding flagged crisis recapitalisations: 11.3%

- Five-year share growth excluding flagged crisis recapitalisations: 3.4%

- Flagged crisis recapitalisations: 0

- Book created / earnings retained after dividends and buybacks: 0.58×

- Book value created per share: EUR 2.54

- Earnings retained per share after dividends and buybacks: EUR 4.38

Chart: Shares (first year = 100); fiscal year observations.

- FY2017: 100

- FY2018: 100

- FY2019: 108

- FY2020: 199

- FY2021: 199

- FY2022: 204

- FY2023: 204

- FY2024: 199

- FY2025: 235

### accounting: pass

- Financial accounting warning count: 0

- Known restatement years: 0

- Years loan growth exceeded twice deposit growth: 1

## Holders

## Price story

Up 339% since Oct 2023 · net income +29.6%

Story as of 2026-10-16T09:59:59.561Z; price observation 2026-10-14.

### Net income · FY2025

net income +29.6%; source https://filings.xbrl.org/N747OI7JINV7RUUH6190/2024-12-31/ESEF/IT/0/N747OI7JINV7RUUH6190-2024-12-31-0-it/reports/N747OI7JINV7RUUH6190-2024-12-31-0-it.xhtml; observed 2025-04-15.

- FY2017: EUR 176M 

- FY2018: EUR 402M 

- FY2019: EUR 380M 

- FY2020: EUR 237M 

- FY2021: EUR 525M 

- FY2022: EUR 1.4B 

- FY2023: EUR 1.5B 

- FY2024: EUR 1.4B 

- FY2025: EUR 1.8B 

## Owner memo

Memo as of 2026-10-16T08:06:05.509Z.

### How it makes money

Operates in regional banking; annual sales are EUR 7 billion.

- Source: https://eodhd.com/api/fundamentals/4BE.F.json#2025-12-31 (filed 2025-04-15); FY2025: revenue 6973747000.

### Why customers stay

It earns 12.2% on shareholders’ money, excluding intangible assets.

- Source: https://eodhd.com/financial-apis/stock-etfs-fundamental-data-feeds/ (filed 2025-04-15); 9-year return on tangible equity observations [[2017,0.0387172175952482],[2018,0.10192999886900261],[2019,0.08453892817833614],[2020,0.18373386294388294],[2021,0.08419325280999308],[2022,0.1964266808157772],[2023,0.1743107394511612],[2024,0.1317894666819003],[2025,0.12157990148431423]]; median 0.12157990148431423. ROIC follows the displayed moat series; financial companies use return on tangible equity.

### Where the cash goes

Paid dividends in 10 of 10 years.

- Source: https://eodhd.com/financial-apis/stock-etfs-fundamental-data-feeds/ (filed 2025-04-15); Dividend observations: [[2016,48085000],[2017,38691000],[2018,52894000],[2019,62511000],[2020,3223000],[2021,61072000],[2022,91273000],[2023,181050000],[2024,447855000],[2025,1076708000]]. Zero only counted when supported by a complete cash-flow statement.

### What the price says

The price is 3.2 times annual sales.

- Source: https://eodhd.com/financial-apis/stock-etfs-fundamental-data-feeds/ (filed 2025-04-15); Closing price 13.46399974822998 EUR; reporting-to-trading FX 1; FY2025 annual sales per share 4.1763166496737; price multiple 3.223893415572772. FY2025 cash earnings/share 1.1402800103078157. Closing-price date 2026-10-14.

## Monthly share-price history (EUR per share)

- 2016-11: EUR 2.57 per share

- 2016-12: EUR 3.43 per share

- 2017-01: EUR 3.55 per share

- 2017-02: EUR 2.92 per share

- 2017-03: EUR 3.17 per share

- 2017-04: EUR 3.40 per share

- 2017-05: EUR 2.95 per share

- 2017-06: EUR 2.96 per share

- 2017-07: EUR 3.15 per share

- 2017-08: EUR 3.20 per share

- 2017-09: EUR 3.43 per share

- 2017-10: EUR 2.83 per share

- 2017-11: EUR 3.11 per share

- 2017-12: EUR 2.85 per share

- 2018-01: EUR 3.18 per share

- 2018-02: EUR 3.30 per share

- 2018-03: EUR 3.07 per share

- 2018-04: EUR 3.24 per share

- 2018-05: EUR 2.78 per share

- 2018-06: EUR 3.19 per share

- 2018-07: EUR 3.24 per share

- 2018-08: EUR 2.57 per share

- 2018-09: EUR 2.70 per share

- 2018-10: EUR 2.27 per share

- 2018-11: EUR 2.44 per share

- 2018-12: EUR 2.28 per share

- 2019-01: EUR 2.00 per share

- 2019-02: EUR 2.51 per share

- 2019-03: EUR 2.46 per share

- 2019-04: EUR 2.90 per share

- 2019-05: EUR 2.29 per share

- 2019-06: EUR 2.43 per share

- 2019-07: EUR 2.28 per share

- 2019-08: EUR 2.18 per share

- 2019-09: EUR 2.40 per share

- 2019-10: EUR 2.71 per share

- 2019-11: EUR 2.97 per share

- 2019-12: EUR 3.03 per share

- 2020-01: EUR 2.81 per share

- 2020-02: EUR 2.44 per share

- 2020-03: EUR 1.90 per share

- 2020-04: EUR 1.52 per share

- 2020-05: EUR 1.45 per share

- 2020-06: EUR 1.50 per share

- 2020-07: EUR 1.44 per share

- 2020-08: EUR 1.56 per share

- 2020-09: EUR 1.35 per share

- 2020-10: EUR 1.02 per share

- 2020-11: EUR 1.47 per share

- 2020-12: EUR 1.49 per share

- 2021-01: EUR 1.52 per share

- 2021-02: EUR 1.81 per share

- 2021-03: EUR 1.88 per share

- 2021-04: EUR 1.90 per share

- 2021-05: EUR 2.03 per share

- 2021-06: EUR 1.84 per share

- 2021-07: EUR 1.65 per share

- 2021-08: EUR 1.84 per share

- 2021-09: EUR 1.93 per share

- 2021-10: EUR 1.89 per share

- 2021-11: EUR 1.68 per share

- 2021-12: EUR 1.82 per share

- 2022-01: EUR 1.85 per share

- 2022-02: EUR 1.79 per share

- 2022-03: EUR 1.59 per share

- 2022-04: EUR 1.61 per share

- 2022-05: EUR 1.92 per share

- 2022-06: EUR 1.57 per share

- 2022-07: EUR 1.35 per share

- 2022-08: EUR 1.50 per share

- 2022-09: EUR 1.58 per share

- 2022-10: EUR 1.87 per share

- 2022-11: EUR 1.97 per share

- 2022-12: EUR 1.92 per share

- 2023-01: EUR 2.52 per share

- 2023-02: EUR 2.69 per share

- 2023-03: EUR 2.27 per share

- 2023-04: EUR 2.55 per share

- 2023-05: EUR 2.39 per share

- 2023-06: EUR 2.78 per share

- 2023-07: EUR 3.15 per share

- 2023-08: EUR 2.79 per share

- 2023-09: EUR 2.90 per share

- 2023-10: EUR 3.07 per share

- 2023-11: EUR 3.43 per share

- 2023-12: EUR 3.03 per share

- 2024-01: EUR 3.36 per share

- 2024-02: EUR 3.71 per share

- 2024-03: EUR 4.38 per share

- 2024-04: EUR 4.89 per share

- 2024-05: EUR 4.93 per share

- 2024-06: EUR 4.72 per share

- 2024-07: EUR 5.40 per share

- 2024-08: EUR 5.06 per share

- 2024-09: EUR 5.05 per share

- 2024-10: EUR 5.60 per share

- 2024-11: EUR 5.78 per share

- 2024-12: EUR 6.13 per share

- 2025-01: EUR 6.59 per share

- 2025-02: EUR 7.35 per share

- 2025-03: EUR 7.21 per share

- 2025-04: EUR 7.14 per share

- 2025-05: EUR 7.81 per share

- 2025-06: EUR 7.72 per share

- 2025-07: EUR 8.64 per share

- 2025-08: EUR 8.88 per share

- 2025-09: EUR 9.44 per share

- 2025-10: EUR 10.35 per share

- 2025-11: EUR 10.38 per share

- 2025-12: EUR 11.60 per share

- 2026-01: EUR 11.85 per share

- 2026-02: EUR 12.01 per share

- 2026-03: EUR 11.14 per share

- 2026-04: EUR 12.53 per share

- 2026-05: EUR 11.62 per share

- 2026-06: EUR 13.73 per share

- 2026-07: EUR 14.07 per share

- 2026-08: EUR 14.25 per share

- 2026-09: EUR 14.15 per share

- 2026-10: EUR 13.29 per share

## Annual estimated value (EUR per share)

Historical values use today's bond yield for every fiscal year

Historical values use today's FX rate into trading currency for every fiscal year

Historical values use current restated fundamentals and current commodity classification; they are not point-in-time estimates

## Sources

[Original ESEF filing](https://filings.xbrl.org/N747OI7JINV7RUUH6190/2024-12-31/ESEF/IT/0/N747OI7JINV7RUUH6190-2024-12-31-0-it/reports/N747OI7JINV7RUUH6190-2024-12-31-0-it.xhtml); period 2024-12-31, filed 2025-04-15.

Estimates depend on assumptions and are not guarantees or investment advice. Underlying data remains subject to its source licenses; public reading does not grant bulk redistribution rights.
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Bper Banca

BPE · MI

STOXX Europe 600 · FTSE MIB

Not a wonderful business

2 quality tests fail. A lower price would not fix the business.

Share price
EUR 13.46
Quality tests
Fail
Annual history
11 years
Market value
$34B

The business

How it makes money
Why customers stay
Where the cash goes
What the price says

1. Is this a good business?

Evidence only; not required for Buy

Profits were positive in 9 years (at least 9 needed).

9y median
EUR 525M
Worst year
EUR 176M
Latest · 2025
EUR 1.8B

Earned a median 12.2% on tangible equity (minimum 12%), and the second-worst year 8.4% (minimum 5%).

9y median
12.2%
Worst year
3.9%
Latest · 2025
12.2%

Book value plus dividends grew 6.7% a year (minimum 7%).

8y median
18.5%
Worst year
-84.3%
Latest · 2025
27.7%

Ordinary share growth was 11.3% over the full period and 3.4% over five years (either must be at most 2% a year), and book value gained 2.54 per share against 4.38 kept (must cover the amount kept).

9y median
199
Worst year
235
Latest · 2025
235

0 accounting warnings were found (none allowed).

accounting warnings
0
Passing bar
≤ 0

Profit record · pass 0 loss years in 10 (at most 2), three-year average earnings per share 1.04 EUR.

Net incomeEUR 1.8B
1.8B020172025
FY2017 · Net income: EUR 176M; FY2018 · Net income: EUR 402M; FY2019 · Net income: EUR 380M; FY2020 · Net income: EUR 237M; FY2021 · Net income: EUR 525M; FY2022 · Net income: EUR 1.4B; FY2023 · Net income: EUR 1.5B; FY2024 · Net income: EUR 1.4B; FY2025 · Net income: EUR 1.8B
Net income
Book / shareEUR 8.96
8.96020172025
FY2017 · Book / share: EUR 6.41; FY2018 · Book / share: EUR 5.55; FY2019 · Book / share: EUR 5.84; FY2020 · Book / share: EUR 0.91; FY2021 · Book / share: EUR 4.42; FY2022 · Book / share: EUR 5.10; FY2023 · Book / share: EUR 6.01; FY2024 · Book / share: EUR 7.52; FY2025 · Book / share: EUR 8.96
Book / share
Dividend / shareEUR 0.64
1.00020172025
FY2017 · Dividend / share: EUR 0.05; FY2018 · Dividend / share: EUR 0.07; FY2019 · Dividend / share: EUR 0.08; FY2020 · Dividend / share: EUR 0.00; FY2021 · Dividend / share: EUR 0.04; FY2022 · Dividend / share: EUR 0.06; FY2023 · Dividend / share: EUR 0.12; FY2024 · Dividend / share: EUR 0.32; FY2025 · Dividend / share: EUR 0.64
Dividend / share
Return on tangible equity12.2%
19.6%0.0%20172025
FY2017 · Return on tangible equity: 3.9%; FY2018 · Return on tangible equity: 10.2%; FY2019 · Return on tangible equity: 8.5%; FY2020 · Return on tangible equity: 18.4%; FY2021 · Return on tangible equity: 8.4%; FY2022 · Return on tangible equity: 19.6%; FY2023 · Return on tangible equity: 17.4%; FY2024 · Return on tangible equity: 13.2%; FY2025 · Return on tangible equity: 12.2%
Return on tangible equity
Diluted shares1.7B
1.7B020172025
FY2017 · Diluted shares: 710M; FY2018 · Diluted shares: 710M; FY2019 · Diluted shares: 768M; FY2020 · Diluted shares: 1.4B; FY2021 · Diluted shares: 1.4B; FY2022 · Diluted shares: 1.4B; FY2023 · Diluted shares: 1.5B; FY2024 · Diluted shares: 1.4B; FY2025 · Diluted shares: 1.7B
Diluted shares
Prices 14 Oct 2026 · FY2025Original filing ↗ ·