CA - BBVA: Buy This International Banking Gem

2025-06-02 22:28:46 ET

Summary

• BBVA's balanced earnings mix, strong financial performance, and global reach underpin my buy rating, with resilience to interest rate changes and economic cycles.
• Rapid digital adoption, AI integration, and crypto services highlight BBVA's forward-thinking culture and industry-leading cost-to-income ratio.
• The potential Sabadell acquisition could significantly expand BBVA's scale, customer base, and deliver meaningful cost synergies.
• Despite recent share price gains, BBVA remains attractively valued with a low P/E, sustainable dividend, and ongoing share buybacks supported by a robust balance sheet.

Introduction

BBVA (BBVA) (BBVA:CA) is a Spanish bank with a large footprint in around the Spanish-speaking world. The firm's largest two bases of operation are in Spain and Mexico, but the firm also does business in Colombia, Peru, Argentina, Uruguay, and Venezuela. The firm also has operations in Turkey....

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