BNP Paribas (BNPQY) Stock Price, News & Analysis

Company Overview

BNP Paribas is a diversified European banking group headquartered in Paris, France. The company provides banking and financial services to individual customers, small and medium-sized businesses, corporations, institutional investors and public-sector organizations. Its activities include retail and commercial banking, consumer finance, commercial real estate, insurance, asset management, wealth management, securities services and investment banking.

BNP Paribas organizes its operations into three principal business divisions: Commercial, Personal Banking & Services; Commercial, Corporate & Institutional Banking; and Investment & Protection Services. Through these divisions, the group offers deposit and lending products, payment and financing solutions, advisory and capital-markets services, custody and fund-administration services, as well as investment, savings and protection products.

The group was formed in 2000 through the merger of Banque Nationale de Paris and Paribas, although both organizations have longer histories in French and international banking. BNP Paribas serves customers across Europe and maintains operations in selected markets in the Americas, Asia-Pacific, Africa and the Middle East. Jean Lemierre serves as chairman, and Jean-Laurent Bonnafé is the group’s chief executive officer.

Key Stats

• Today's Range: $58.44 to $59.10
• 50-Day Range: $56.47 to $64.97
• 52-Week Range: $37.50 to $65.50
• Volume: 253,635 shs
• Average Volume: 351,569 shs
• Market Capitalization: $129.36 billion
• P/E Ratio: 8.70
• Dividend Yield: 3.73%
• Price Target: N/A
• Consensus Rating: Moderate Buy

BNP Paribas Stock Analysis - MarketRank™

BNP Paribas scored higher than 85% of companies evaluated by MarketBeat. Scores are calculated by averaging available category scores, with extra weight given to analysis and valuation.

Analyst's Opinion

• Score: 2.3 / 5
• Analyst Rating: Moderate Buy

Consensus Rating

BNP Paribas has received a consensus rating of Moderate Buy. The company's average rating score is 2.63, and is based on 1 strong buy rating, 3 buy ratings, 4 hold ratings, and no sell ratings.

Amount of Analyst Coverage

BNP Paribas has been the subject of 5 research reports in the past 90 days, demonstrating strong analyst interest in this stock.

Earnings and Valuation

• Score: 4.4 / 5
• Proj. Earnings Growth: 13.24%

Earnings Growth

Earnings for BNP Paribas are expected to grow by 13.24% in the coming year, from $6.72 to $7.61 per share.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. the Market

The P/E ratio of BNP Paribas is 8.70, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the market average P/E ratio of about 38.87.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. Sector

The P/E ratio of BNP Paribas is 8.70, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the Finance sector average P/E ratio of about 25.34.

Price to Earnings Growth Ratio

BNP Paribas has a PEG Ratio of 0.59. PEG Ratios below 1 indicate that a company could be undervalued.

Price to Book Value per Share Ratio

BNP Paribas has a P/B Ratio of 0.87. P/B Ratios below 1 indicate that a company could be undervalued with respect to its assets and liabilities.

Short Interest

• Score: 3.0 / 5
• Short Interest Level: Healthy

Percentage of Shares Shorted

0.01% of the float of BNP Paribas has been sold short.

Short Interest Ratio / Days to Cover

BNP Paribas has a short interest ratio ("days to cover") of 0.42, which is generally considered an acceptable ratio of short interest to trading volume.

Change versus previous month

Short interest in BNP Paribas has recently increased by 77.62%, indicating that investor sentiment is decreasing significantly.

Dividend

• Score: 3.3 / 5
• Dividend Strength: Strong

Dividend Leadership

BNP Paribas is a leading dividend payer. It pays a dividend yield of 3.67%, putting its dividend yield in the top 25% of dividend-paying stocks.

Dividend Growth

BNP Paribas does not have a long track record of dividend growth.

Dividend Coverage

The dividend payout ratio of BNP Paribas is 32.44%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%.

Dividend Sustainability

Based on earnings estimates, BNP Paribas will have a dividend payout ratio of 28.78% next year. This indicates that BNP Paribas will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.

News and Social Media

• Score: 2.1 / 5
• News Sentiment: 0.29

News Sentiment

BNP Paribas has a news sentiment score of 0.29. This score is calculated as an average of sentiment of articles about the company over the last seven days and ranges from 2 (good news) to -2 (bad news). This is a lower news sentiment than the 0.84 average news sentiment score of Finance companies.

News Coverage This Week

MarketBeat has tracked 2 news articles for BNP Paribas this week, compared to 3 articles on an average week.

MarketBeat Follows

1 people have added BNP Paribas to their MarketBeat watchlist in the last 30 days.

Company Ownership

• Score: 0.0 / 5
• Insider Trading: N/A

Insider Buying vs. Insider Selling

In the past three months, BNP Paribas insiders have not sold or bought any company stock.

Percentage Held by Institutions

1.18% of the stock of BNP Paribas is held by institutions.

Company Calendar

• Last Earnings: 7/23/2026
• Today: 9/16/2026
• Fiscal Year End: 12/31/2026

Industry, Sector and Symbol

• Stock Exchange: OTCMKTS
• Sector: Finance
• Industry: Banks
• Sub-Industry: N/A
• Current Symbol: OTCMKTS:BNPQY
• CIK: 310732
• Web: group.bnpparibas
• Phone: (314) 014-4546
• Fax: 33-1-42-98-21-22
• Employees: 177,990
• Year Founded: 1822

Profitability

• EPS (Trailing Twelve Months): $6.75
• Trailing P/E Ratio: 8.70
• Forward P/E Ratio: 8.74
• P/E Growth: 0.59
• Net Income: $13.83 billion
• Net Margins: 25.22%
• Pretax Margin: 33.29%
• Return on Equity: 10.32%
• Return on Assets: 0.48%

Debt

• Debt-to-Equity Ratio: 1.24
• Current Ratio: 0.76
• Quick Ratio: 0.76

Sales & Book Value

• Annual Sales: $57.94 billion
• Price / Sales: 2.23
• Cash Flow: $10.25 per share
• Price / Cash Flow: 5.73
• Book Value: $67.87 per share
• Price / Book: 0.87

Miscellaneous

• Outstanding Shares: 2,203,200,000
• Free Float: N/A
• Market Cap: $129.36 billion
• Optionable: Not Optionable
• Beta: 0.76