DNB Bank ASA (DNBBY) Stock Price, News & Analysis

Company Overview

DNB Bank ASA (OTCMKTS: DNBBY) is Norway’s largest financial services group, offering a broad range of banking, insurance and capital markets services to retail, corporate and institutional clients. The bank’s core activities encompass retail and commercial banking, corporate and investment banking, asset management, life insurance and pension products, as well as payment and card services. DNB provides traditional deposit and lending products, mortgages, savings and wealth management solutions, securities trading, corporate finance and treasury services.

The group operates through several specialized business lines, including DNB Markets for investment banking and capital markets activities and DNB Asset Management for portfolio management and investment funds. DNB also provides insurance and pension services through its life insurance operations, and supports sector-specific financing needs such as shipping, energy and offshore industries. Its product set is designed to serve everyday consumer banking needs while also addressing complex financing and advisory requirements for larger corporations and institutional investors.

Headquartered in Oslo, DNB’s primary market is Norway, but the bank maintains a regional and international presence with operations and offices across the Nordic countries, the Baltic region and strategic locations that support its corporate and shipping customers. The group’s history reflects a succession of consolidations in the Norwegian banking sector that created a large, integrated financial services provider with broad domestic reach and selective international capabilities.

The bank is publicly listed on the Oslo stock exchange and its American Depositary Receipts trade on the OTC market under the symbol DNBBY. Kjerstin Braathen has served as chief executive officer since 2019, steering the organization through continued digitalisation of services and ongoing focus on risk management, customer experience and sustainable finance initiatives.

Key Stats

• Today's Range: $30.59 to $30.74
• 50-Day Range: $29.49 to $31.57
• 52-Week Range: $24.77 to $33.81
• Volume: 26,884 shs
• Average Volume: 41,868 shs
• Market Capitalization: $47.64 billion
• P/E Ratio: 10.98
• Dividend Yield: 4.62%
• Price Target: N/A
• Consensus Rating: Hold

DNB Bank ASA Stock Analysis - MarketRank™

DNB Bank ASA scored higher than 71% 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: 1.7 / 5
• Analyst Rating: Hold

Consensus Rating

DNB Bank ASA has received a consensus rating of Hold. The company's average rating score is 2.14, and is based on no strong buy ratings, 2 buy ratings, 4 hold ratings, and 1 sell rating.

Amount of Analyst Coverage

DNB Bank ASA has only been the subject of 3 research reports in the past 90 days.

Earnings and Valuation

• Score: 1.3 / 5
• Proj. Earnings Growth: -2.42%

Earnings Growth

Earnings for DNB Bank ASA are expected to decrease by -2.42% in the coming year, from $2.89 to $2.82 per share.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. the Market

The P/E ratio of DNB Bank ASA is 10.98, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the market average P/E ratio of about 44.09.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. Sector

The P/E ratio of DNB Bank ASA is 10.98, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the Finance sector average P/E ratio of about 21.68.

Price to Book Value per Share Ratio

DNB Bank ASA has a P/B Ratio of 1.59. P/B Ratios below 3 indicates that a company is reasonably valued with respect to its assets and liabilities.

Short Interest

• Score: 5.0 / 5
• Short Interest Level: Healthy

Percentage of Shares Shorted

0.00% of the float of DNB Bank ASA has been sold short.

Short Interest Ratio / Days to Cover

DNB Bank ASA has a short interest ratio ("days to cover") of 0.22, which is generally considered an acceptable ratio of short interest to trading volume.

Change versus previous month

Short interest in DNB Bank ASA has recently decreased by 21.62%, indicating that investor sentiment is improving significantly.

Dividend

• Score: 3.3 / 5
• Dividend Strength: Strong

Dividend Leadership

DNB Bank ASA is a leading dividend payer. It pays a dividend yield of 4.61%, putting its dividend yield in the top 25% of dividend-paying stocks.

Dividend Growth

DNB Bank ASA does not have a long track record of dividend growth.

Dividend Coverage

The dividend payout ratio of DNB Bank ASA is 50.71%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%.

Dividend Sustainability

Based on earnings estimates, DNB Bank ASA will have a dividend payout ratio of 50.35% next year. This indicates that DNB Bank ASA will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.

News and Social Media

• Score: 3.1 / 5
• News Sentiment: 1.04

News Sentiment

DNB Bank ASA has a news sentiment score of 1.04. 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 higher news sentiment than the 0.78 average news sentiment score of Finance companies.

News Coverage This Week

MarketBeat has tracked 6 news articles for DNB Bank ASA this week, compared to 1 article on an average week.

Company Ownership

• Score: N/A
• Insider Trading: N/A

Insider Buying vs. Insider Selling

In the past three months, DNB Bank ASA insiders have not sold or bought any company stock.

Percentage Held by Institutions

DNB Bank ASA has minimal institutional ownership at this time.

Company Calendar

• Last Earnings: 7/14/2026
• Today: 7/16/2026
• Fiscal Year End: 12/31/2026

Industry, Sector and Symbol

• Stock Exchange: OTCMKTS
• Sector: Finance
• Industry: BANKS - FOREIGN
• Sub-Industry: Personal Services
• Current Symbol: OTCMKTS:DNBBY
• CIK: 1498632
• Web: www.dnb.no
• Phone: 47 91 50 48 00
• Fax: 47-2402-5300
• Employees: 11,649
• Year Founded: 1822

Profitability

• EPS (Trailing Twelve Months): $2.80
• Trailing P/E Ratio: 10.98
• Forward P/E Ratio: 10.63
• P/E Growth: N/A
• Net Income: $4.20 billion
• Net Margins: 21.34%
• Pretax Margin: 27.01%
• Return on Equity: 14.02%
• Return on Assets: 1.09%

Debt

• Debt-to-Equity Ratio: 3.01
• Current Ratio: 1.67
• Quick Ratio: 1.67

Sales & Book Value

• Annual Sales: $19.14 billion
• Price / Sales: 2.49
• Cash Flow: $2.73 per share
• Price / Cash Flow: 11.24
• Book Value: $19.30 per share
• Price / Book: 1.59

Miscellaneous

• Outstanding Shares: 1,550,360,000
• Free Float: N/A
• Market Cap: $47.64 billion
• Optionable: Not Optionable
• Beta: 0.64