Erste Group Bank (EBKDY) Stock Price, News & Analysis

Company Overview

Erste Group Bank AG is an Austria-based banking group serving retail customers, small and medium-sized businesses, corporate clients, and institutional customers. Its services include current and savings accounts, consumer and housing loans, mortgages, payment services, investment products, insurance-related offerings, corporate finance, and capital-markets services.

The group has its roots in Erste österreichische Spar-Casse, founded in Vienna in 1819. Through its banking subsidiaries, Erste Group provides financial services across Austria and several Central and Eastern European markets, including the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Romania, Hungary, Croatia, and Serbia. Its activities in the region cover branch banking, digital banking, lending, payments, asset management, and investment banking.

Erste Group is headquartered in Vienna and is led by Chief Executive Officer Peter Bosek, who assumed the position in 2024. The group operates through established local banking brands, including Česká spořitelna, Slovenská sporiteľňa, Banca Comercială Română, Erste Bank Hungary, Erste Bank Croatia, and Erste Bank Serbia.

Key Stats

• Today's Range: $63.39 to $64.52
• 50-Day Range: $64.24 to $72.90
• 52-Week Range: $47.02 to $73.10
• Volume: 39,134 shs
• Average Volume: 267,755 shs
• Market Capitalization: $49.90 billion
• P/E Ratio: 12.31
• Dividend Yield: 0.42%
• Price Target: N/A
• Consensus Rating: Buy

Erste Group Bank Stock Analysis - MarketRank™

Erste Group Bank scored higher than 83% 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: 2.5 / 5
• Analyst Rating: Buy

Consensus Rating

Erste Group Bank has received a consensus rating of Buy. The company's average rating score is 3.00, and is based on 1 strong buy rating, 5 buy ratings, 1 hold rating, and no sell ratings.

Amount of Analyst Coverage

Erste Group Bank has been the subject of 6 research reports in the past 90 days, demonstrating strong analyst interest in this stock.

Earnings and Valuation

• Score: 3.8 / 5
• Proj. Earnings Growth: 10.02%

Earnings Growth

Earnings for Erste Group Bank are expected to grow by 10.02% in the coming year, from $5.89 to $6.48 per share.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. the Market

The P/E ratio of Erste Group Bank is 12.31, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the market average P/E ratio of about 38.90.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. Sector

The P/E ratio of Erste Group Bank is 12.31, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the Finance sector average P/E ratio of about 24.49.

Price to Earnings Growth Ratio

Erste Group Bank has a PEG Ratio of 0.68. PEG Ratios below 1 indicate that a company could be undervalued.

Price to Book Value per Share Ratio

Erste Group Bank has a P/B Ratio of 1.27. P/B Ratios below 3 indicates that a company is reasonably valued with respect to its assets and liabilities.

Short Interest

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

Percentage of Shares Shorted

0.00% of the float of Erste Group Bank has been sold short.

Short Interest Ratio / Days to Cover

Erste Group Bank has a short interest ratio ("days to cover") of 0.2, which is generally considered an acceptable ratio of short interest to trading volume.

Change versus previous month

Short interest in Erste Group Bank has recently increased by 76.70%, indicating that investor sentiment is decreasing significantly.

Dividend

• Score: 1.7 / 5
• Dividend Strength: Weak

Dividend Yield

Erste Group Bank has a dividend yield of 0.39%, which is in the bottom 25% of all stocks that pay dividends.

Dividend Growth

Erste Group Bank does not have a long track record of dividend growth.

Dividend Coverage

The dividend payout ratio of Erste Group Bank is 5.17%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%.

Dividend Sustainability

Based on earnings estimates, Erste Group Bank will have a dividend payout ratio of 4.17% next year. This indicates that Erste Group Bank will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.

News and Social Media

• Score: 4.0 / 5
• News Sentiment: 1.43

News Sentiment

Erste Group Bank has a news sentiment score of 1.43. 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 0.64 average news sentiment score of Finance companies.

News Coverage This Week

MarketBeat has tracked 3 news articles for Erste Group Bank this week, compared to 1 article on an average week.

MarketBeat Follows

1 people have added Erste Group Bank 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, Erste Group Bank insiders have not sold or bought any company stock.

Percentage Held by Institutions

0.42% of the stock of Erste Group Bank is held by institutions.

Company Calendar

• Last Earnings: 7/30/2026
• Today: 10/02/2026
• Next Earnings (Estimated): 10/30/2026
• Fiscal Year End: 12/31/2026

Industry, Sector and Symbol

• Stock Exchange: OTCMKTS
• Sector: Finance
• Industry: Banks
• Sub-Industry: N/A
• Current Symbol: OTCMKTS:EBKDY
• CIK: N/A
• Web: www.erstegroup.com
• Phone: 435010010100
• Fax: 43-5010-091-0100
• Employees: 49,024
• Year Founded: 1819

Profitability

• EPS (Trailing Twelve Months): $5.22
• Trailing P/E Ratio: 12.31
• Forward P/E Ratio: 10.91
• P/E Growth: 0.64
• Net Income: $3.97 billion
• Net Margins: 18.39%
• Pretax Margin: 30.39%
• Return on Equity: 10.22%
• Return on Assets: 0.94%

Debt

• Debt-to-Equity Ratio: 1.20
• Current Ratio: 0.95
• Quick Ratio: 0.95

Sales & Book Value

• Annual Sales: $23.77 billion
• Price / Sales: 2.10
• Cash Flow: $5.98 per share
• Price / Cash Flow: 10.75
• Book Value: $50.49 per share
• Price / Book: 1.27

Miscellaneous

• Outstanding Shares: 776,710,000
• Free Float: N/A
• Market Cap: $49.90 billion
• Optionable: Not Optionable
• Beta: 0.92