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

11.84 0.17 −1.42%
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) Free cash flow margin

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Banco Santander, S.A.'s free cash flow margin over the twelve months to 30 September 2026 was 4.17%, up 18.8 percentage points from fiscal 2025 (−14.7%). Over the past ten years it has ranged from −22.5% (fiscal 2024) to 102.8% (fiscal 2020); the current reading is higher than 18% of that period. That is above the Banks Diversified industry median of 0.00% and below the Financial sector median of 11.4%.

Free cash flow margin, annual

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Annual newest first

Period Free cash flow margin Change (points)
FY2025 −14.7% 7.85
FY2024 −22.5% (21.20)
FY2023 −1.30% (27.70)
FY2022 26.4% (60.44)
FY2021 86.8% (15.95)
FY2020 102.8% 112.21
FY2019 −9.42% (1.95)
FY2018 −7.47% (56.56)
FY2017 49.1% 24.86
FY2016 24.2% 15.68

Against its own ten years

Low −22.5% High 102.8%
Ten-year median 8.55%
Current reading's percentile 18

Free cash flow margin against peers

Company Free cash flow margin
BBVA Banco Bilbao Viscaya Argentaria S.A. compare 39.2%
WFC Wells Fargo & Company compare 22.2%
BNY BNY compare 17.8%
SAN Banco Santander, S.A. 4.17%
MUFG Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group, Inc. compare 0.00%
UBS UBS Group AG compare 0.00%
HSBC HSBC Holdings plc compare 0.00%
SMFG Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group Inc compare 0.00%
C Citigroup Inc. compare 0.00%
Banks Diversified industry median 0.00%
Financial sector median 11.4%
Market median 0.00%

What Free cash flow margin is

Free Cash Flow Margin tells an investor how much of each sale turns into cash the company keeps after paying for investment in its assets.

(Operating Cash Flow + Property, Plant, Equipment Change (Net) + Intangible Assets Change (Net)) ÷ Revenue

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