Banco Santander, S.A.

SAN Financial Banks Diversified

Banco Santander, S.A.’s revenue for fiscal 2025 (year ended December 2025) was $133.5 billion, down 3.54% from fiscal 2024.

Revenue
−73.3%
EPS
−3.70%
Free cash flow
+381.0%

Quarter to September 2026, against a year earlier

11.81 0.20 −1.67%
Market cap
$174.7B
P/E
9.8×
Fwd P/E
9.4×
Dividend yield
2.41%
F-score
5/9
Altman Z
n/a
Beneish M
n/a
Dividend safety
n/a

Banco Santander, S.A. (SAN) Debt to equity

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Banco Santander, S.A.'s debt to equity at the end of the quarter to 30 September 2026 was 14.0×, up 10.9× from fiscal 2025 (3.1×). Over the past ten years it has ranged from 2.8× (fiscal 2021) to 10.1× (fiscal 2016); the current reading is higher than 18% of that period. That is above the Banks Diversified industry median of 1.1× and above the Financial sector median of 0.2×.

Debt to equity, annual

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Annual newest first

Period Debt to equity Change
FY2025 3.1× (23.89%)
FY2024 4.1× (2.38%)
FY2023 4.2× (3.77%)
FY2022 4.4× 56.24%
FY2021 2.8× (42.43%)
FY2020 4.9× 30.51%
FY2019 3.7× (7.35%)
FY2018 4.0× 6.06%
FY2017 3.8× (62.12%)
FY2016 10.1× 149.16%

Quarterly newest first

Period Debt to equity Change
Sep 2026 14.0× 259.90%
Jun 2026 3.9× —
Mar 2026 0.0× —
Dec 2025 3.1× —
42 more quarters

Against its own ten years

Low 2.8× High 10.1×
Ten-year median 4.0×
Current reading's percentile 18

Debt to equity against peers

Company Debt to equity
BBVA Banco Bilbao Viscaya Argentaria S.A. compare 0.0×
HSBC HSBC Holdings plc compare 0.5×
BNY BNY compare 0.8×
WFC Wells Fargo & Company compare 1.0×
MUFG Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group, Inc. compare 1.1×
C Citigroup Inc. compare 1.6×
SMFG Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group Inc compare 1.7×
UBS UBS Group AG compare 3.7×
SAN Banco Santander, S.A. 14.0×
Banks Diversified industry median 1.1×
Financial sector median 0.2×
Market median 0.1×

What Debt to equity is

Debt to Equity Ratio shows how much a company relies on borrowed money compared with the money its shareholders have in the business.

(Long Term Debt (Total) + Current Part of Debt) ÷ Shareholders Equity (Total)

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